{"id":3154,"date":"2010-10-27T10:41:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T09:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2010-10-27T10:41:55","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T09:41:55","slug":"day-three-at-equinoxe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/day-three-at-equinoxe\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Three at eQuinoxe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3156\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1030263.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3156 lazyload\" title=\"P1030263\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1030263-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Meeting Place for Writers and Advisors\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3156 \" title=\"P1030263\" src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1030263-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Meeting Place for Writers and Advisors\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meeting Place for Writers &amp; Advisors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I met with my first two writers today. \u00a0Both had very interesting scripts. \u00a0A general lesson to be drawn from these projects and the others I am working on has to do with the story&#8217;s \u00a0antagonist&#8211;<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">Your antagonist is your protagonist\u2019s main adversary. \u00a0This person is not necessarily evil or bad, but he or she is a significant obstacle to your main character\u2019s goal. \u00a0The antagonist actively stands in your main character\u2019s way.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">The antagonist provides a formidable challenge. \u00a0His or her actions force your character to change or grow in some significant way.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">In life and in film we choose our enemies as surely as we choose our friends. \u00a0We choose the antagonist who will teach us the most.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">Create an antagonist who will test and push your protagonist to the limit of his or her character. \u00a0Force your character to make a defining choice about his or her most important values.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">Create an antagonist who is smart enough to use and play upon your character\u2019s fears. \u00a0Who is your worst enemy? \u00a0Yourself. A truly formidable antagonist attacks the character from within.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">Create an antagonist who uses the weapon of fear to tempt, push, prod or entice your character into making bad choices and falling into the traps of self-defeat, insecurity or self-destruction.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">The best antagonists aren\u2019t evil. \u00a0They are deeply afraid. \u00a0They live in a state of constant heart-stopping dread. \u00a0They feel they simply can\u2019t afford to allow themselves to have empathy or concern for others. Or they may be deeply afraid for the protagonist. \u00a0They try to manipulate and control out of obsessive or controlling concern. \u00a0These antagonists also limit or destroy the character out of fear.<\/div>\n<p>Your antagonist is your protagonist\u2019s main adversary. \u00a0This person is not necessarily evil or bad, but he or she is a significant obstacle to your main character\u2019s goal. \u00a0The antagonist actively stands in your main character\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<p>The antagonist must provide a formidable challenge. \u00a0His or her actions force your character to change or grow in some significant way.<\/p>\n<p>In life and in film we choose our enemies as surely as we choose our friends. \u00a0We choose the antagonist who will teach us the most.<\/p>\n<p>Create an antagonist who will test and push your protagonist to the limit of his or her character. \u00a0Force your character to make a defining choice about his or her most important values.<\/p>\n<p>Create an antagonist who is smart enough to use and play upon your character\u2019s fears. \u00a0Who is your worst enemy? \u00a0Yourself. A truly formidable antagonist attacks the character from within.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3157\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1030279.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3157 lazyload\" title=\"P1030279\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1030279-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Winter Wonderland\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3157\" title=\"P1030279\" src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/P1030279-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Winter Wonderland\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter Wonderland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Create an antagonist who uses the weapon of fear to tempt, push, prod or entice your character into making bad choices and falling into the traps of self-defeat, insecurity or self-destruction.<\/p>\n<p>The best antagonists aren\u2019t evil. \u00a0They are deeply afraid. \u00a0They live in a state of constant heart-stopping dread. \u00a0They feel they simply can\u2019t afford to allow themselves to have empathy or concern for others. Or they may be deeply afraid for the protagonist. \u00a0They try to manipulate and control out of obsessive or crushing concern. \u00a0These antagonists also limit or destroy the character out of fear, perhaps not consciously but destructively all the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your antagonist is your protagonist\u2019s main adversary.  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