Hannah C

Because believe it or not you have twin living in the states. Tell me, how old as you? I’ll bet you two are around the same age.

HC

Ok…..

But why is she afraid? What does she think will happen if she does?

HC

Can see you. I may not know you, but I know someone like you and I know enough to see that you two are very much alike. This is the same type of wild story they would concoct simply for the fun of it!

HC

I think this conversation is hopeless! *waves wildly* Kate, we need you! Help!

How about the girl has an independent spirit but she doesn’t ever want to leave the farm. What is her biggest fear?

HC

Funny enough, so can I.

HC

Good heavens! So what you’re really referring to is a psychopathic narcissist with split personalities. Definitely an interesting, if not, fatal combination.

HC

Can’t you find a happy medium? You’re not building the character, you’re just trying to stuff her into a one sentence description.

HC

Beautiful? That sounds confusing, not to mention psychopathic.

One character is not only the hero, the villain, and the antagonist, but he’s also in love with himself? *eyes you strangely* Please tell me that’s not what you meant.

HC

Not when she’s Hilary Clinton.

That was neither helpful nor constructive. Kindly try again. 🙂

HC

Ok then plain antagonist. But here’s a question, what if you not only had a villain in your story but also an antagonist to the protagonist? Its lovely! Think of the conflict. Say your hero’s antagonist was their partner that they are forced to travel with in order to do away with the villain! Oh it’s so horribly wonderful it scares me.

Don’t…[Read more]

Oh and he sacrificed even his greatest fear for Melissa! You’re right, he’s too good for her. Maybe he does meet a girl but she has a domineering brother to deal with. Roadblocks!

Ok, ok let’s see now what do I have in my little box of useless tidbits? Alright, so let’s take a girl with a very independent spirit. She lives on a farm with her…[Read more]

Wow that was very in-depth. You made a lot of good points, Ezra. However, I think it’s good to remember that not every villain has to look like a villain. Not every villain has to be so intrinsically evil that it is blatantly apparent. Not every villain has to go around burning down houses or selling poisoned candy to children. I think there are…[Read more]

Yes! I love that! Its perfect. Poor Manfred.

So how about an alternative plotline? What if Manfred really believed in this case, in what it stood for. What if that’s why Melissa rejects him when she finds out how he helped her father win? What if she rejects him for throwing away his convictions, saying “A man with no conviction is no man at all…[Read more]

*hangs onto life by a thread.*

Ok we have a good outline for a thrilling story. Now how to make Manfred more likeable? Well perhaps for all his brash and crusty exterior he has this tender spot for his opponents daughter. Lets call her Melissa. How do we make our reader like our main character because, truthfully, right now while he may be…[Read more]

Why thank you.

As to that question you posed above and I forgot to answer in my last post, I would love to read a story with an unwilling villain. Think of the pity that would stir in the readers. Your audience would be able to sympathize with the villains that was seeing controlled by another, more evil, villain.
Just imagine a story that mixed…[Read more]

Lol wow ok. First off I say, find a bone you like and run with it. You do really well with long posts so go for it!

The Perfect Protagonist is nowhere near perfect (I did laugh or at the very least smiled :D) Yes I agree that the characters should vary. So far, I can’t say I’ve gotten to know my MCs enough to know if they are alike or not, I…[Read more]

True, I can see how making it immediately clear that he is evil would work, however, I also think that having your reader in denial is great too. Think of the bad people in the world today, think of the “villains”. Not always can you see past their charming and charismatic facade to the evil underneath. That is how people are deceived. I think…[Read more]