Anyway, great post. I happen to agree with you, about story building being much more important than beautiful prose. Most every writing book you find seems to go on and on about how to do the latter, but skips over the former. It’s very frustrating.

I also agree that not enough emphasis is placed on the importance of antagonistic characters in what people write, but I can’t say that reading this article has helped me unduly. I’ve always understood antagonists, villains, and conflict almost too well. Bringing all of that into a mature, focused whole (in essence, writing a story) is another matter altogether, but I think I’m making inroads toward accomplishing it.

Thanks for the wonderful advice, and I hope you have a great day! Happy writing!