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The answer to any "can I write" question is always "yes." But antagonists do a lot of heavy lifting in a book, they provide a lot of intrinsic interest, and useful narrative conflict. Readers tend...
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System
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2019-12-08T01:38:08Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Chris Sunami
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2019-12-08T01:38:08Z (over 4 years ago)
The answer to any "can I write" question is always "yes." But antagonists do a lot of heavy lifting in a book, they provide a lot of intrinsic interest, and useful narrative conflict. Readers tend to like works with compelling antagonists, and find them interesting to read. So, if you do want to write a book without an antagonist, you'll need to work that much harder to find a way to draw in the reader without one. It may be possible, but you'll be given the reader a much different experience than a typical novel.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-10-09T16:37:33Z (over 6 years ago)
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