#antiheroes — Public Fediverse posts
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Fear Thesaurus Expansion at One Stop for Writers + Save 25%
As many of you know, we recently released a new book – The Fear Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to What Holds Characters Back. This volume takes you into the dark world of fear and how it steers your character’s actions, choices, and behavior, reshaping how they see the world, themselves, and what they’re willing to...
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https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/05/fear-thesaurus-expansion/#AboutUs #Antiheroes #Backstory #CharacterArc #CharacterFlaws
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How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question
Author Trilina Pucci discusses how writers can thread the needle between writing a character readers will support and question.
The post How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/how-to-write-a-characters-readers-will-root-for-and-question#Character #WriteBetterFiction #antiheroes #characterarc #CharacterConflict
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How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question
Author Trilina Pucci discusses how writers can thread the needle between writing a character readers will support and question.
The post How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/how-to-write-a-characters-readers-will-root-for-and-question#Character #WriteBetterFiction #antiheroes #characterarc #CharacterConflict
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How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question
Author Trilina Pucci discusses how writers can thread the needle between writing a character readers will support and question.
The post How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/how-to-write-a-characters-readers-will-root-for-and-question#Character #WriteBetterFiction #antiheroes #characterarc #CharacterConflict
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How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question
Author Trilina Pucci discusses how writers can thread the needle between writing a character readers will support and question.
The post How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/how-to-write-a-characters-readers-will-root-for-and-question#Character #WriteBetterFiction #antiheroes #characterarc #CharacterConflict
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A big part of the problem, which I don't see acknowledged very often, is that #writers who create #antiheroes generally know exactly what they're doing.
They know a substantial part of their audience will identify with these characters. They know many fans will see the bad behavior as desirable, and while most won't have the guts to act that way in real life, some will. They know the awful things the characters do will make them appealing, not as cautionary tales or examinations of the ugly parts of the human psyche, but because they're "dark" and "gritty" and "edgy." They know over-the-top caricatures are one of the quickest ways to get lauded as "realistic" by audiences and critics.
And whether they know it or not, they're very often living out their own fantasies. Consider for example David #Mamet, who after decades of building a reputation as an unflinching observer of the worst excesses of #masculinity, has now shown that he desperately wants to be the protagonist of his own stories. He won't do it, of course, but he takes great satisfaction in imagining he could. There are many others, most lacking Mamet's fame but with the same Walter-Mitty-as-played-by-Christian-Bale nest of snakes in their heads.
Writers who are confronted with this accusation usually don't take it well. I get that, because I've been one of them. But if we're going to make a big deal about looking into the abyss, our own motivations are a good place to start.
https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/im-tired-of-anti-heroes
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Almost Antihero: 4 Tips on How to Keep a Flawed Protagonist Human
Author Matt Riordan shares four tips for writing effective antiheroes that are flawed protagonists readers can still root for.
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https://www.writersdigest.com/almost-antihero-tips-on-how-to-keep-a-flawed-protagonist-human#Character #WriteBetterFiction #Antihero #antiheroes #characterarc
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New Writing Resource: A Character Type & Trope Thesaurus
In 2024, Becca and I began exploring character tropes and archetypes with one goal in mind: to create a resource that helps writers better use tropes by providing each one’s behaviors, strengths, flaws, tendencies, and more, so they could write characters…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/05/character-type-trope-thesaurus/#AboutUs #Antiheroes #CharacterArc #CharacterFlaws #CharacterTypeAndTropeThesaurus
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https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/11/17/good-guy-crime-stories-and-corruption/
"Every man has his price..." Kind of a sobering thought, but I think there's a grain of truth to it.
#Culture, #Thoughts, #antiheroes, #Barry, #BetterCallSaul, #BreakingBad, #corrupt, #corruption, #heroes, #morality, #Ozark, #PeakyBlinders, #SneakyPete -
A #wild, #sexy #ride on the ‘#DownLow’
#Antiheroes played with obvious relish by #ZacharyQuinto and #LukeGage, “a deeply repressed man” and “a twink”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Movies #Representation #Culture
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The Hunter (AKA Point Blank, 1962), the first hardboiled novel featuring his anti-hero Parker written by Donald E. Westlake as Richard Stark. A very hard-edged roller-coaster ride with cold-blooded disturbingly casual violence. A great book.
My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/09/richard-starks-point-blank-aka-hunter.html
#hardboiled #hardboiledfiction #noir #noirfiction #crimefiction #antiheroes #DonaldEWestlake #RichardStark
