johnsonjoshuak
Troubadour
So while I let my last novel sit on the shelf before edits, I've been working on the next one.
It's a Gunpowder Fantasy Politics story, about an elected official who is rigging and election and trying to consolidate power; it's very heavily influenced by Republic of Thieves and House of Cards.
The problem I've run into is that the main character has plenty of things to do, but no real opponent. There are those who are on the other side of the election, there are those within her own party that don't trust her and want to limit her power. But I don't have a big bad, and I'm not sure that I can create one with the current storyline I have.
Do you really need a singular "antagonist"? Or would small opponents in the various aspects of her quest be enough?
It's a Gunpowder Fantasy Politics story, about an elected official who is rigging and election and trying to consolidate power; it's very heavily influenced by Republic of Thieves and House of Cards.
The problem I've run into is that the main character has plenty of things to do, but no real opponent. There are those who are on the other side of the election, there are those within her own party that don't trust her and want to limit her power. But I don't have a big bad, and I'm not sure that I can create one with the current storyline I have.
Do you really need a singular "antagonist"? Or would small opponents in the various aspects of her quest be enough?