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Danielle Droubay replied to the topic Contrived Everything + a Headdesk or two in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 8 months ago
@daeus-lamb Good to see you too! 😛
Well, I haven’t exactly written anything for this book yet. Mainly, I’m trying to figure out why it feels contrived before I write it.
My problem child right now is the villain. Because I didn’t thoroughly plan his motivations in the first book, he’s coming across as flat in the second book. So, I did a ton of brainstorming around his backstory and motivations and why this and why that and what he wants in the future.
It all comes down to war.
And I guess war felt contrived to me. Idk why it just seems to foolish for him to just want war.
So I guess the answer to your question’s’ 😛 is that it feels stereotypical and that my villain lacks believability.












