What do you think about when you are creating your antagonists? #writetip Here are a few thoughts from the Scene of The Crime Workshop.

Have the antagonist(s) appear early in your story. The reader doesn’t need to know they are the antagonist, so you can hide them among other characters.

To keep the suspense going, the antagonist can play a prominent role, focussing focus both the reader’s and the protagonist’s attention.

Here are a few questions to ask yourself about your antagonist.

Does your antagonist 

– have a motive?

– have a secret?

– have at least one positive or likable trait?

Is your antagonist

– careful?

– difficult to track?

– a challenge for the protagonist?

– believable?