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38 | Writing Antagonists (And Why They're Really About Your Hero)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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Is Your Antagonist in Direct Opposition?

Meg Ryan: Opposition to my goal is what's going to change me and raise my consciousness. She says you can also think of the antagonist as the dark side of your protagonist. An anti-hero doesn't mean they're not hitting conflict and opposition, she says. "You have to always emotionally relate to an anti-hero"

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