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Having posted one thread and gotten help so quickly I find another question I'm struggling with might need airing out.
I'm writing a dark, semi-urban fantasy in first person. It mainly consists of the protagonist recounting his life story but is interspersed with chapters that are the memoirs of a secondary character who was the unwilling personal servant to the antagonist.
My question is this: I want to explain the antagonist's background thoroughly enough to show the 'why' behind his behaviour and avoid the "he's just pure evil" scenario but I can't find a way to reveal it through the personal servant's memoirs without an infodump feel.
Edit: The personal servant character did not meet the antagonist until he reached his current state of evil so he knows nothing of his past.
I am very committed to the FP POV but I am not opposed to suggestions on how to add 3rd person POV sections without losing continuity.
Any thoughts?
I'm writing a dark, semi-urban fantasy in first person. It mainly consists of the protagonist recounting his life story but is interspersed with chapters that are the memoirs of a secondary character who was the unwilling personal servant to the antagonist.
My question is this: I want to explain the antagonist's background thoroughly enough to show the 'why' behind his behaviour and avoid the "he's just pure evil" scenario but I can't find a way to reveal it through the personal servant's memoirs without an infodump feel.
Edit: The personal servant character did not meet the antagonist until he reached his current state of evil so he knows nothing of his past.
I am very committed to the FP POV but I am not opposed to suggestions on how to add 3rd person POV sections without losing continuity.
Any thoughts?
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