Friday, September 20, 2024
Author Tips

How to write a strong antagonist

In narrating, the enemy is the opposer or warrior neutralizing the hero’s or driving characters’ objective (“irritating”) and making the principle strife. The opponent can be one character or a gathering of characters. In conventional accounts, the enemy is inseparable from “the trouble maker.”

While screenwriting, playwriting, or novel-composing, there are various things you should remember whether you’re endeavoring to compose a solid enemy:

Give them some integrity. At the point when opponents are totally underhanded, the story probably won’t hold the reader’s advantage and risks being excessively unrelatable. Indeed, even in stories where the foe is a reprobate, similar to Star Wars, the essayist can make the contention all the more fascinating by giving the opponent a blend of qualities—for example, Darth Vader seems, by all accounts, to be totally detestable from the outset, yet relax the more he interacts with Luke Skywalker.

Parity their capacity. In the event that your rival is effectively crushed toward the end, crowds may feel disappointed—they may feel that the contention’s stakes were never sufficiently high to truly be energizing. Then again, if your rival is almighty, that can disappoint crowds who need to see the hero have a battling possibility.

Eli Scott

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