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Okay so I’ve been wondering about this.

My book has no set antagonist. The main characters struggle against one guy a lot, but he’s just very hard to get along with sometimes and he’s going down the wrong path (he’s actually supposed to be a very good man, though).

I feel like my book leans into man vs. self a whooole lot, and a lot of man vs. society type thing, so there is plenty of opposing forces on every side. But my book has no main guy who’s the villain. Generally, you could feel loyal to one side, or the other, or both.

So I guess my question is, is this okay? Does the huge man vs. self theme and man vs. society cover my conflict? Do I really need a set “villain?”