What Is Your Antagonist's Role in Your Story?

The antagonist is more likely to double down on dis functional mind sets and tactics that will eventually prove themselves ineffective in the final outcome. Usually the prot gonist and the antagonist will come together in a significant confrontation of some sort at the mid point. The antagonist may win the mid point as a result, but because he fails to walk away with the same insights as the protagonist, he will not subsequently have the capacity to grow and adapt in the second half of the story. And that takes care of the antagonist's role in the first half of a story structure. Next week, we will study the second half, starting with the second pinch point, all the way through to the resolution.