Question: Is it true that as long as you have an interesting villain, a story doesn’t require a well-fleshed out hero?

Does a story require both a well-fleshed out villain and hero? Two things come to mind: If the story falls within a genre that requires the hero to be not only a main character, but an essential one, then, yes, the story requires a well-fleshed out hero, simply because this particular kind of story does. …

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