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Environmental antagonists still do best with others along the way to do heavy lifting. As I once addressed long ago, and broke down how, because I care about the craft of actually pulling stuff off. I address what you bring up with #2. Regardless, I never said they create the conflict, so...

I'd discuss here, but I dislike when people care more about being heard than they do engaging with the material first. I find it tends to just be surface level reactions instead of seeking a true discussion.

Newest video after taking a 1 week break to avoid burnout. Next up, I'm finally discussing plotting as I've wanted. At any rate, hope this one helps out!

Here we go, two parter for the antagonist essentials I've worked out. I released the one last week, this is the second half.

I hate that I had to split this into parts. I worked hard on what I designed this week. Regardless, this is the next part in my character construction breakdown, with me now tackling antagonism. Hope this all can help you out with your stories!

Eh, more often than not, these are excuses. A lot of inexperienced writers hide behind "it's my style" when the real issue is they haven't internalized the craft yet or even know they're doing shit wrong. It can be a style, but it has to be intentional for a specific emotional or tonal effect...

Hopefully, this is not just a refresher (though I imagine it is for some). It's more... well, it's a sequence for tackling it, too, and methods for it. After all, an issue I've found in the writing world is that all kinds of loose information just out there, with no formal framework for...

Movies are written with screenplays, which require text...

This! I swear, the amount of excuses people make to justify not trying and staying mediocre... These types of conversations get me heated, so I'm going to drop in why this matters beyond surface level of observations of just "X does this" and "I mean, I've seen people not do it, so it's fine."...

Okay, so I think I understand what you're asking. Sort of. To answer things, it's still relevant because it's the groundwork for all of that. I recently had an analogy that I keep coming back to. Don't think of words as independent of everything else. Don't view each instrument as its own thing...

@aurifex is correct.

...You just proved the value of my system... In your case, you gave a character a strong emotional reason to want something… but no story designed to challenge, test, or evolve that motivation. So when the character grows disillusioned or wants to walk away, the whole narrative loses its...

It depends on where, since in some cases, I intentionally did it for rhythm and clarity. I also haven't tightened that up to a final draft version yet, since it was just something I wrote quickly a while back to get something across to someone asking me for help all the time. I'm saving that for...

I consider it some of the most essential stuff. I can discuss all sorts of fun things with people on tactics I can provide, but they aren't as practical or valuable without this grounding. They're more midstream and downstream stuff as opposed to upstream. For instance... Regarding antagonists...

Here's a story I once wrote which might help you out... "One Lesson" The boy found him at the edge of a half-collapsed rice field, kneeling in the mud with a rusted hoe in his hands. “You’re the Sword Saint,” the boy said. The man didn’t look up. He kept breaking the earth, row by row. “I’ve...

This was a satisfying pain in the ass to work out. I was so happy that... Well, here's a peek behind the scenes from this week. This is the refinement of everything I've done with character construction. There is much more I can do, but I am positive that these are the 6 things you wish to...

Tackling a bit on creating a series this week! Laying the foundation for so much I wish I had known in the past.

I've been thinking a lot about the common issues I often see with writers and working with so much information. This is my attempt to streamline a strong foundation for everything else. I still have much to do, but this is the thing I'd recommend anybody who wants to write does first, whether...

This involves a little something I've been working on and will be expanding on a great deal. Expansion for each archetype on my site and curious, what audience archetypes do you find you fall into the most?

You aren't crapping on them at all! I enjoy discussion and commentary like this a great deal, actually. I could work through the math based on things, with a breakdown of highest paid and the average on both ends, with what resources I can find, though I'm not sure if I have the time to yet...