Creating a Main Character Readers will Love to Hate

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In the last few posts, we discussed why we’re so addicted to controversial characters, both in movies and in books, how we can create them in our stories, and what benefits they would bring to a novel.

When we create controversial characters in stories, we often use them simply for background; to highlight a scene or subplot, or to bring a challenge to another character.

But what about using a bad boy or bad girl as a main character? How does that change things?

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