: Re: How to make a conflict seem more complex, despite the story itself being rather one-sided? So, one of my story ideas involved werewolves. In the setting, they were a minority, much like most

G.K. Chesterton said:

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

Two things are apparent from your question:

You want to avoid writing a "bad" novel with a one-sided plot and two-dimensional villains.
You, the author, don't particularly like, understand, nor empathize with your villains, the werewolf hunters.

Therefore, if you want to improve the plot, you must improve your relationship with the unsavory characters in your novel. Why do they hate werewolves so much? I suspect that their hatred, like much bigotry, is based in fear. Fear that the "others" will take over and ruin life for the "good people". "There goes the neighborhood," and all that. If you can connect with that fear, you can humanize them, even if you don't support their morals, actions, or decisions.

Load Full (0)

: How do I write characters that aren't just a copy of myself? I am finding it difficult to create fictional characters with personalities that are not a copy of myself. I'm having trouble trying

@Murray831

Load Full 3 Comments

: How to refer to siblings who are friends? Two of the MCs in the novel I'm working on are half-sisters, and also great friends. Currently, when referring to them, I alternate between using "sisters"

@Murray831

Load Full 5 Comments

: General wisdom says starting sentences with conjunctions, conjunctive adverb, etc. can weaken your sentences, especially if done frequently in the same text. Plenty of good writers start sentences

@Murray831

Load Full 0 Comments

: Where should I post my unfinished story I'm still writing? I've written a few bad stories before, but I post them online anyway. All my past ones have been put on a fanfiction site, but the

: Re: How to make a conflict seem more complex, despite the story itself being rather one-sided? So, one of my story ideas involved werewolves. In the setting, they were a minority, much like most

More posts by @Murray831

: How do I write characters that aren't just a copy of myself? I am finding it difficult to create fictional characters with personalities that are not a copy of myself. I'm having trouble trying

: How to refer to siblings who are friends? Two of the MCs in the novel I'm working on are half-sisters, and also great friends. Currently, when referring to them, I alternate between using "sisters"

: General wisdom says starting sentences with conjunctions, conjunctive adverb, etc. can weaken your sentences, especially if done frequently in the same text. Plenty of good writers start sentences

: Where should I post my unfinished story I'm still writing? I've written a few bad stories before, but I post them online anyway. All my past ones have been put on a fanfiction site, but the

Login to post a comment!

0 Comments

Back to top