#149. 5 Questions To Write Better Antagonists

Fiction Writing Made Easy

Savannah Gilbo

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🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Antagonists can make or break a story—both for the writer and the reader. Writers who don’t spend time developing their antagonists tend to write drafts that fall apart in the middle. Anyone who reads a story with a weak or unconvincing protagonist is unlikely to finish it. So, how do we go about making our antagonists just as compelling as our protagonists? How do we write an antagonist with impact?In this episode, I’m sharing five questions that will help you create a compelling, ...

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0:47.0	Your story's antagonist is the obstacle between your protagonist and their goal. So this person or this character does not have to be bad or evil.
0:56.4	They are just an opponent that causes conflict for your protagonist or gets in their way as they try to pursue or accomplish their story goal.
1:05.0	Welcome to the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast.
1:10.0	My name is Savannah Gilbo, and I'm here to help you write a story that works.
1:14.0	I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have to be overwhelming.
1:18.0	So each week I'll bring you a brand new episode with simple, actionable, and step-by-step strategies that you can implement in your
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1:35.8	In today's episode we're going to talk about creating antagonists.
1:40.3	Specifically creating impactful genre-appropriate antagonists that act as the
1:45.8	catalyst for your protagonist change. And I'm going to share five questions that will
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