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Q&A Averting Always Chaotic Evil

Always Chaotic Evil denotes an entire species in a fictional setting as outright evil - no matter how one treats them, they reward kindness with treachery and violence. Frequent recipients of this ...

5 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Mark Baker‭

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Q&A Introducing evil characters before the evil deeds take place

Is it possible to introduce evil characters (be identified as evil) before the action (the crimes committed by the characters) takes place?

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Yukang Jiang‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Amadeus‭

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Q&A Can a fight scene, component-wise, be too complex and complicated?

Okay, there is some preliminary information for you to be able to answer this question: There is a sword of great power, a McGuffin, and a destined one who wields it. The destined one has two compa...

5 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by A. Kvåle‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Amadeus‭

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Q&A Is a lawful good "antagonist" effective?

In my post-apocalyptic novel, my protagonist is not necessarily "good", and although the antagonist is an honest and kind person, my protagonist perceives her as "evil". My antagonist is the leade...

14 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by weakdna says reinstate monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Kevin‭

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Q&A Can a successful book series let the bad guy win? [closed]

I have a five book series and I have plotted them all out. The main bad guy wins in the end. My problem with this is my girlfriend keeps telling me that bad guys winning will make readers upset tha...

8 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by icefire‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it uncompelling to continue the story with lower stakes?

A big piece of criticism I've seen directed at the last season of Game of Thrones was the fact that they killed the Night King before the finale, and the last episodes had Cersei, a mere morta...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by A. Kvåle‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How soon is too soon for a redemption arc?

My character, Day, is the son of a dictator and the director of state-sanctioned and sponsored torture of mutated humans, one of whom is my MC. He killed his own sister to prove to his father that...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by weakdna says reinstate monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Hate to love, love to hate

I was reviewing my first draft and realized: I need a better antagonist. I have a flat, unspecified, weak organization with a stereotypically evil guy who are absolutely easy to defeat. I need an...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by FoxElemental‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to make "Joffrey like" characters for a "kick that son of a bitch " moment

We know what I'm talking about. The feeling when the legal side of a story doesn't bothers us too much because we want to see Joffrey getting strangled with a string of sausages. So basically we ...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Mephistopheles‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write a strong villain who isn't really present?

I've been working on a quite large story for a while now, but going through my drafts I noticed one weakness: My villains are very underdeveloped / weakly characterized. I'll try to generalize the...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Katai‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Antagonist motivation help [closed]

My (A)ntagonist (or antagonizing force) in my novel causes a nuclear disaster in a remote nuclear facility. I've decided on certain circumstantial plot points, such as the post-disaster coping of t...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Alec McLeod‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Sympathetic portrayal of an evil protagonist with good motivations

I'm contemplating writing about a character with good motivations whose actions would be considered evil. In short the story would be about a necromancer killing an entire nation so that he can bri...

1 answer  ·  posted 12y ago by Borgel‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can a book be written without an antagonist?

I have had this thought running through my head and wondered what your thoughts were on it. Can a book, a story I should say, be written without an antagonist or antagonistic theme? I have an ide...

10 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Michael‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should I let my hero die with the villain?

I'm writing my own fantasy novel and the way I want it to end is with the villain showing his humanity to the hero, begging for mercy, and when the hero is about to spare him the villains stabs him...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Vítor Carvalho‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I defeat a 'force of nature villain' without killing him? [closed]

In my story, I have found myself in somewhat of a pickle: Although the hero is more than powerful enough to defeat a villain (which is your typical 'Dark Lord’) I don't think my protagonist is read...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Gabriel Paiva‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How could a paragon character be an antagonist?

I want to write a story featuring two main characters--Al and Bob. In the beginning, Al, the paragon, will be a kind, friendly, competent and well-liked, whereas Bob, the protagonist, is unliked,...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by user289661‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Conflict and antagonist in a certain subtype of erotic novels

In his answer to my previous question, @Standback distinguishes two types of erotic storyline: stories in which the stakes are romantic or sexual stories in which the stakes are neither romantic ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How unadvisable is it to flip the protagonist into a villain?

Essentially, I have a protagonist who I set up as a 'main' good guy in one of my series. However, in my final series, I intend to make him turn to the dark side and oppose my other protagonists (fr...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Adi219‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Protagonist Joining the Group of the Antagonist

In my novel, I intend to have the protagonist eventually join the group that killed his family and of his antagonist, and this will set the plot for a more massive arc of what I hope will be multip...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Seanchaí‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write characters who hate when you don't understand it?

I hadn't thought about it before, but today I came across a writing prompt that involved hate. My mind kept running up against walls. It's not a skill I have ever worked at fostering. I can't think...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Cherriey‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write a Complete Monster?

For those of you who are unfamiliar with TV Tropes lingo, a Complete Monster is the worst kind of villain imaginable: one that is evil to the core and has little to no redeeming traits whatsoever. ...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Plot twist where the antagonist wins

I’m putting together this story and its formative stages are almost complete. However, I am genuinely interested as to how the ending would appear to the reader. My protagonist is a skilled chara...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Jesticulator‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to perpetuate the plot-driving riddle without frustrating the reader?

Usually, at the end of a crime, thriller, horror, fantasy, science fiction, or other action genre novel, the identity of the antagonist is uncovered and the riddle that drives the plot is resolved:...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What's it called when the bad guy gets eaten?

Is there a specific name for the plot device in which the story's "Big Bad" has a cunning plan to use some monstrous being to further their diabolical machinations. This may be something summoned f...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Ash‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What if neither the protagonist nor antagonist wins?

This may seem like an awkward scenario for a story's ending. My plot revolves around a constant struggle of the protagonist against the antagonist's forces, and eventually the antagonist himself. I...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Jesticulator‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to turn an antagonist into a protagonist? [closed]

In a piece I am writing, I want to turn an antagonist into a protagonist. I know that numerous ways to accomplish this are somewhere out there, but none of the help with a smooth transformation. Is...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Xilpex‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Creating an incompetent antagonist

I'm in the early stages of developing a fantasy story. At a high level, it involves the tried-and-true, if cliched, plot line of "Scrappy group of rebels fights for liberation against the oppressiv...

7 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Belgabad‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Antagonist lacks motivation - where do I find it?

My triller has an Antagonist who is classified as a sociopath and narcissist. He becomes infatuated with my MC who is an Ex-Army sergeant making a living in close protection services. He sees that ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Karma‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to make the villain's motives understandable if his logic is flawed?

In a story I'm writing, the villain has his motives for his attitudes. However, he is very mentally disturbed, which makes the logic of his motives be kind of illogic to other people (including the...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A I have a weak motivation for a god character! How Do I Make It a Stronger Motivation?

Okay, so I have a weak motivation for a god character whose son (whom he tried to prevent his birth) seems like he is an apt tool to be used for a plot that will only be brought into fruition about...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Dany Will‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What makes a personified force of nature?

You guys may have heard this term before. I often see critics talking about it in some Studio Ghibli's movies where the reviewers say that the antagonist is the force of nature itself. But I also ...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Hanilucas‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Antagonist that remains unknown

In genre fiction, the antagonist is usually either known throughout the book or revealed before the end, so that protagonist and antagonist can battle it out during climax. What I am wondering is,...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write a scene where the villain meets the protagonist?

The villain was, like the protagonist, a child soldier/mercenary, who served with him. The villain was captured, tortured, and snapped. He feels a burning hatred for the protagonist, believing that...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by DarkYagami‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What to avoid when writing a villain? [closed]

The villain so far has only appeared in two chapters. However now he's making a return in a chapter which is mostly about him, his actions and his past. Now. What are mistakes I should avoid when w...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by DarkYagami‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I make believable motivations for antagonists?

I am writing a book. However, I can't quite wrap my head around making my character do bad things, while still making their actions and/or motivations for their actions believable. Here is an exa...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Keychain1‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭