Your antagonist has to be as strong as your hero.
Great stories are built around great obstacles. If things are going smoothly for your characters then nobody will be sucked in. The antagonist is the source of conflict. Conflict creates drama. While we’ve covered internal and external conflict writing in this helpful primer, we haven’t talked about how you manifest conflict specifically in your story.
Learning to write GREAT antagonists is how you can make your story a page-turner.
We all know antagonists as the villains in movies, but can you clearly define what makes a truly great one? And what are some ways to develop a great villain?
Let’s dive in.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
