To create a character with depth you need to create a character with internal conflict, a character who has “issues” that they need to...

A story protagonist is not always a hero and an antagonist is not always a villain, even though the terms are often used interchangeably....

We all love an Anti-Hero, think Han Solo in Star Wars, John McLane in Die Hard and most of Clint Eastwoods characters. Venom, Lucifer Morningstar, Wolverine, Tony Stark, Rorshach, Magneto and Loki… the list is long. Female Anti-Heroes are less common, but some delicious examples are the Widow from Into the Badlands, Jessica Jones from Marvel comics and Yennifer from The Witcher. The quintessential example of an Anti-Hero from the Egyptian pantheon is Set. The Anti-Hero is a

How to Create a Powerful Anatagonist Want to create a powerful antagonist that readers will love to hate? Read on. Interested in building an anti-hero? See my post on creating an anti-hero character and get the anti-hero template. I always had difficulty with antagonists. They seemed to me to fall into two categories: the melodrama villain, committing evil acts for the sake of it, or sociopaths revelling in their graphic cruelty to the protagonist. Both types repelled me,