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🗓️ 31 August 2020
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Your antagonist's motivations can make or break your story. If they are weak, unconvincing, or complicated, your story suffers in key areas.
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1:15.8 | antagonist's motivations, which will save you so much trouble. Your |
1:22.4 | antagonist's motivations can make or break your story. If your |
1:27.4 | antagonist's motivations are weak, unconvincing, or over-complicated, which is usually symptomatic of the first two problems, |
1:36.0 | then you will severely undermine your story in several key areas. |
1:40.0 | Not only will you end up with a weak character to oppose your |
1:44.8 | protagonist, but you may also find that your entire plot fails to work. |
1:49.2 | When we view story form from a zoomed out macro level, the antagonistic force is the plot. |
1:58.0 | It is the major obstacle standing between your protagonist and the main story goal. |
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