Daniel Johnson on Nostr: #WritingWonders July 4. Would your MC ever work with one of their enemies? Why or why ...
#WritingWonders July 4. Would your MC ever work with one of their enemies? Why or why not?
Bethany is surprised to learn she even *has* an enemy. She’s in high school. Her enemies are supposed to be mean girls and tyrannical teachers and term papers that stubbornly resist being finished. But nope, she has a genuine arch villain making her life difficult from afar. Someone connected to the place her father got her out of months ago, the place she can barely remember.
[Tip-toeing into the spoiler minefield]
When she finally meets her enemy he’s not the kind of boogeyman she imagined. His worldview is awful and self-serving, and she sees him as narrow-minded and misguided and a bit pathetic, but not evil. He’s even kind of charming and cordial, considering the situation. She could probably work with him if there were a good reason to—if their goals happened to align. And at this point in her life she doesn’t think of anyone as irredeemable.
Bethany is surprised to learn she even *has* an enemy. She’s in high school. Her enemies are supposed to be mean girls and tyrannical teachers and term papers that stubbornly resist being finished. But nope, she has a genuine arch villain making her life difficult from afar. Someone connected to the place her father got her out of months ago, the place she can barely remember.
[Tip-toeing into the spoiler minefield]
When she finally meets her enemy he’s not the kind of boogeyman she imagined. His worldview is awful and self-serving, and she sees him as narrow-minded and misguided and a bit pathetic, but not evil. He’s even kind of charming and cordial, considering the situation. She could probably work with him if there were a good reason to—if their goals happened to align. And at this point in her life she doesn’t think of anyone as irredeemable.