The antagonist is motivated by something they absolutely must have and are willing to go to any lengths to get it. This goal is revealed right away in the novel and becomes the driving force behind the novel’s pacing. As with the protagonist, your villain’s motivation has to be so stro...
character development. There is, however, no recovering from a poor ending. Even if the rest of the story is perfect, a narrative climax that fails to fulfill the promise of those early pages and/or a denouement that leaves readers unsatisfied can spell doom for a novel or piece of short...
s about how they move through space — and about how they interact with everything around them, from objects to other characters. By focusing on their mannerisms, you take a step towards showing instead of telling: big, bold movements imply confidence so you don’t have to spell it out,...
Students hook roach legs up to a human-cockroach machine interface to move the legs on command—and in the process, learn how to model human prosthetics.
features a psychopathic main character ("The Antagonist"), who decides he's had enough with the rotting carcass of this planet and the "human worms" who feast on it. Loaded for bear, he starts a mass-killing spree in New York City and then embarks to commit genocide on a massive ...
Poppet magic, part of many witchcraft traditions, has broad applications beyond harm-inflicting stereotypes. A poppet can represent oneself, a friend, a pet, or even an antagonist and can be used to attract luck, wealth, business success, or to influence behaviour without causing harm. ...
to spend their time, who they like to spend it with, what their hobbies are. This sort of detail can form an idea of 'energetic' or 'cold' (in relation to someone's character) without your ever having to spell out in as many words 'He was an energetic/cold person' to the reader...
When Ventus finds the boy in the helmet again, he ends up defending two kids on the Destiny Islands, as his antagonist saying that the land was doomed to fall to darkness one day, and that he and Ventus were equally fated to finish their fight. The helmeted boy then claims that if Ve...
times. Maybe even throw in a few casualties. A villain's actions is everything, and there's nothing more intimidating than an antagonist that actually has a chance to succeed (or even better, an antagonist that actually DOES succeed, and now you must find a way to undo or lessen ...
the antagonist. There is a lot of debate over whether the antagonist is the villain or not. For the purposes of the short synopsis, the antagonist is the person who provides opposition to the main character throughout the story. Think of a love story, where the "villain" may be a minor...