Comments on: The Brain Behind the Story: The Big Boss Troublemaker (BBT) https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Fri, 13 May 2022 17:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Gaslighting: Narcissists & Tampering With Reality https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/#comment-115595 Fri, 13 May 2022 17:38:38 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=24066#comment-115595 […] of all, a story is only as strong as the BBT (Big Boss Troublemaker). Not all BBTs are villains, though in certain genres, they usually are. This person forms the […]

]]> By: The Burning Desire: The Difference Between Magnificent & Maddening – Written By Kristen Lamb – Writer's Treasure Chest https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/#comment-114894 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:20:12 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=24066#comment-114894 […] understand more what I mean about the BBT, feel free to go HERE. If we fail to understand the BBT, then frankly the burning desire is a moot […]

]]> By: The Burning Desire: The Difference Between Magnificent & Maddening https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/#comment-114865 Wed, 07 Jul 2021 23:12:57 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=24066#comment-114865 […] understand more what I mean about the BBT, feel free to go HERE. If we fail to understand the BBT, then frankly the burning desire is a moot […]

]]> By: EVIL: Our Love-Hate Relationship With Mischief, Mayhem & Destruction https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/#comment-114582 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 20:10:48 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=24066#comment-114582 […] The Brain Behind the Story: The Big Boss Troublemaker (BBT) […]

]]> By: The Synopsis: Why Love Hurts & Pain Can Be Good for Our Writing https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/#comment-114124 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:18:32 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=24066#comment-114124 […] ‘scene’ of bad situations? This is what I call ‘soap opera writing. There is no core story problem to be resolved by the end of the […]

]]> By: Joe https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/#comment-106046 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:20:45 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=24066#comment-106046 In reply to Joe.

Um, typo, sorry. Should be ‘masquerading.’ Duh. 🙂

]]> By: Joe https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/#comment-105999 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 14:53:57 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=24066#comment-105999 Excellent post. Am I too late to win the prize? Just kidding. 🙂

Seriously, very helpful. I’ve got an evil emperor problem. Of course he’s got the control issue. So he seems to be cliche. But I’m reaching for something deeper. What’s the BBTI (BBT Idea) behind the cliche? It’s hard to express. Control is about fear, entitlement, absence of trust mascarading as humanitarian concern. See, my emperor views himself as a noble relic of a morally superior people, and everybody else as corrupted by a selfish notion of love, especially romantic love. He’s the last true altruist. In his own mind. The real crisis for the heroine, who is all about freedom at the beginning, is when she realizes she’s not that different from him after all. But how to express that, distill it into a simple BBT? I’m going to have to think about that.

]]> By: Is Your Story STUCK? 5 Reasons Your Novel is Breaking Down - Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/#comment-97551 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 20:22:12 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=24066#comment-97551 […] whole ‘antagonist’ concept was slippery even to me. I had to INVENT my own term—Big Boss Troublemaker—to make the amorphous concept of the story’s central antagonistic force more […]

]]> By: When Ideas Collide: Powerful Storms Make Superior Stories https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/#comment-90908 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:12:05 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=24066#comment-90908 […] The Brain Behind the Story: The Big Boss Troublemaker […]

]]> By: How to Write a Story from the Ending: Twisted Path to Mind-Blowing End https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/02/the-brain-behind-the-story-the-big-boss-troublemaker-bbt/#comment-90241 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:02:12 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=24066#comment-90241 […] that we’ve discussed the Big Boss Trouble Maker who creates the core story problem in need of resolution, we’re going to […]

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