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

Isn't there conflict in every story? If there's no conflict, there's no interest for the reader...what a boring story it would be! As far as an antagonist goes, I agree that it could play the part ...

posted 13y ago by J. Leigh Hunter‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:38:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/3312
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar J. Leigh Hunter‭ · 2019-12-08T01:38:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
Isn't there conflict in every story? If there's no conflict, there's no interest for the reader...what a boring story it would be! As far as an antagonist goes, I agree that it could play the part of anyone or anything, internally or externally, but there is almost always an antagonist to create conflict. By simple definition, it's that someone or something that opposes the protagonist or hero, which I think could extend to natural disasters, internal conflicts like drug addiction or depression, and divine intervention.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-07-09T12:38:26Z (over 13 years ago)
Original score: 2