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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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I Don't Have an Antagonist, Right?

"I like to write characters that create their own conflict, right? But still, I need somebody to come in and show a different way," she says. "The synteganist is not a bad guy. She's the one trying to do the bad thing, but standing in her way,. which is creating more conflict for her."

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