Comments on: Structure Part 3–Introducing the Opposition

By: grcope

grcope — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:54:55 +0000

Reblogged this on Gwendalyn Cope and commented: My story needs a good "antagonist", you say? Bleh. I need a Big Bad Troublemaker in my story? Awesome! NOW you're talking.

By: The Silent Character « Virginia Ripple's Blog | One Servant's Heart Virginia Ripple's Blog | One Servant's Heart

Sun, 03 Aug 2014 22:41:47 +0000

[…] character that largely impacts Toby’s decisions is the Big Boss Troublemaker, as Kristen Lamb calls the antagonist. This character appears only in certain scenes and […]

By: Inspired Links – April 20, 2011 | "Inspired by Real Life"

Inspired Links – April 20, 2011 | "Inspired by Real Life" — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:27:55 +0000

[…] recently. You’ll want to catch all of them and start at the beginning: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part […]

By: Adele

Adele — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:59:02 +0000

Hey Kristen, thanks for this amazing series, which I’m just catching up on. Have you written the blog entry about series and escalating BBTs?

I’m so glad you put in that last section because I’m working through your advice as I read, came to the section about the BBT and went ‘bugger, my book 1 BBT is a pawn of my book 2-5 BBT and he’s a pawn of my Book 6-whatever ‘whole! world! in! danger!’ BBT.

I’ve named him for you: the UBBT which, in faithful Joss Whedon style = UBER BBT.

By: dancingmadrb3

dancingmadrb3 — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:07:57 +0000

Well for me the comic book route works, where the heroes have a rouges gallery to battle.
Mind you there are problems here as it could become a villain of the week format and that gets tacky sometimes…
But its worked wonderfully for Batman the animated series so theoretically it can work for a novel series

By: Better Writing Through Disection « The Road to Writing

Better Writing Through Disection « The Road to Writing — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:45:44 +0000

[…] Introducing the Opposition: your antagonist should be introduced as close to the beginning as possible, the first chapter being the best place, and must seem unstoppable. […]

By: Delorfinde

Delorfinde — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:08:39 +0000

So, does it count as ‘defeating’ the BBT if they were still around afterwards? Only in something I wrote a little while back, my hero died (it was very sad) and the bad guy sort of had a crisis and ended up almost killing himself but didn’t and basically just stopped being evil (and doesn’t that sound cringy when I say it aloud? See, there’s a reason I don’t do this kinda thing often).

By: Keeping Focused & Nailing the Pitch–Understand Your “Seed Idea” « Kristen Lamb's Blog

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:53:44 +0000

[…] from a flawed structure. Week three we discussed the single most important component to plot, the Big Boss Troublemaker, and last week I gave you a tested method to make sure your core idea was solid enough to be the […]

By: Testing Your Idea–Is it Strong Enough to Make an Interesting Novel? « Kristen Lamb's Blog

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:45:32 +0000

[…] a micro-scale. Part II explored the big picture and offered an overview of common plot problems. Part III introduced the most critical element to any novel, the BBT. Each of these blogs builds upon the […]

By: Super Cool Stuff I’ve Found Online « Author Piper Bayard

Super Cool Stuff I’ve Found Online « Author Piper Bayard — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:02:58 +0000

[…] to publish my books. Editor and Social Media Marketing Maven Kristen Lamb is publishing a great series on novel structure, cutting years of the “struggling” off of my “struggling author” […]