Comments on: The Engine of Fiction—Meet the Antagonist https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/03/the-engine-of-fiction-meet-the-antagonist/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: robintvale (Jessica) https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/03/the-engine-of-fiction-meet-the-antagonist/#comment-109595 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:24:44 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=21306#comment-109595 God, I hope I’m wrong and not seeing what I think I’m seeing. Otherwise, I don’t know what to do now.

The Big Boss Troublemaker is whoever or whatever causes the protagonist’s world to turn upside down. The BBT creates the core story problem. The BBT is also who or what must be present at the Big Boss Battle (Act Three). (!!)

Crudddd. Merryn the main pov did this. Maxwell simply became furious at her for what happened after. >_< She stole the book, she freed the god, she blew up the city, not Maxwell.

I get fantasy or science fiction manuscripts with a lot of fancy world-building and magic and bad stuff happening, but no core party responsible for a singular problem….so it all just fizzles. Urr, how about when the protagonist did it? But is trying to fix it? (well right now fixing isn't an option it's more running. It's being worked on, chapters are getting deleted.)

Rule #1—BBT (or a proxy of the BBT) MUST be introduced in Act I. No leading us on for 50 pages before we get an introduction. BBT is responsible for Inciting Incident. HAHA- Merryn. Is she the 'bad guy'. O.o

Maybe I'm just confused again. Hope so. @_@

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]]> By: Robert Kirkendall https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/03/the-engine-of-fiction-meet-the-antagonist/#comment-73362 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:23:30 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=21306#comment-73362 What I like is when the antagonist is actually the good guy, like Porfiroy from Crime and Punishment.

]]> By: Layla A. Reaves https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/03/the-engine-of-fiction-meet-the-antagonist/#comment-73258 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 05:21:44 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=21306#comment-73258 I really appreciate this post. I think this is what was missing from my short story. I’ve been stuck and couldn’t figure out why, what was missing? My story has a core problem. I think it’d fit under Man versus Society, but there is no physical manifestation or BBT. I’ll brainstorm and rewrite it and hopefully this’ll be that missing link. Thanks so much!

]]> By: The Engine of Fiction—Meet the Antagonist – Post by Kristen Lamb | Writer's Treasure Chest https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/03/the-engine-of-fiction-meet-the-antagonist/#comment-73121 Sat, 25 Mar 2017 02:30:11 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=21306#comment-73121 […] The trouble is that many of us got our “author training” in school, which really is no training at all. That purple prose that scored us an A on our college short story won’t get us far in the world of commercial storytelling. Additionally,… – READ MORE […]

]]> By: Pirkko https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/03/the-engine-of-fiction-meet-the-antagonist/#comment-73089 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:23:50 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=21306#comment-73089 This is a good post but I’m still not sure I have made the BBT clear. As a first time novel writer I now think maybe I have 2 of them. Proxy and protagonist who needs to overcome shame!

]]> By: Lisa Betz https://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/03/the-engine-of-fiction-meet-the-antagonist/#comment-73028 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:08:29 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=21306#comment-73028 Thanks for your insights on this, especially your explanation of abstract antagonistic forces needing a proxy. It is so easy to get lost in the circle of “who/what is my antagonist” when the story doesn’t have an obvious villain.

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