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It seems to me that a good way to keep an antagonist antagonizing is to give them good motivations for doing something absolutely...
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I love bad guy characters who are more well-rounded, and I love redemption stories. I usually write bad guys that are doing the right...
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First off, I have a terrible time writing bad guys. Mine tend to be just barely one-dimensional; they pop in, do their dastardly...
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Could you maybe post it at the top of your SYW what your intentions are/were with posting the piece so anyone who may not have across...
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First off, there's no such thing as a stupid question! Wanting to immerse your reader in a world is a wonderful goal. To all the great...
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Read good travel books, particularly more classic books before photographs were a thing. Off the top of my head Edith Warton's "In...
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By remembering that description is a subset of POV and NOT worldbuilding. Three people walk into a room. The parent of a toddler will...
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What do you want the reader to feel? Is the location foreboding? Cheerful? Devastated? Majesterial? Claustrophobic?
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Don't overthink it. Imagine the location; now, be there (in your mind). You have five senses; in that moment, query each one. What do...
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Elenitsa
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hmm I simplify my locations by emphasising on a dominant aspect from the specific area. A forest will have lots of trees but if I want...
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Where are you? (in your novel)
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I find that pantsering require me to not look back until I'm done, or I get stuck in a loop of editing and re-editing. Not sure if...
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Of course. The protagonist wants to reach a goal. The antagonist wants to keep the protagonist from reaching said goal. Every "the...
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Hell yes! Any novel about problems in a marriage but where the couple still love each other epitomizes this.
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I wrote a novel like this, not a true romance novel, but a thriller with a bit of a interwoven love story. Mine was about a woman whose...
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I mean, enemies to lovers is a major trope...
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