What Might Have Happened II – The Real Antagonist of the Series
A slight delay this time, but this week I will talk about another major change I made to the original Made in Yorkshire series. As always, if you haven’t read the series from start to finish I highly recommend you don’t read any of these blogs.
If you haven’t yet started this series, please go back to the first edition and start from there. But, seriously, spoilers alert.
Got it?
Good. Let’s get started.
The Original Antagonist
You probably know that there are a number of antagonists within the series. First of all, you have the one we first meet in Rufus Camberwell. Rufus is the son of a lord and adopts a haughty attitude that quickly brings him into conflict with the Warren family’s working class background.
There’s also Anna, for a time. She becomes a thorn in Richard’s side emotionally, and later physically, when he abandons her to pursue a dream career as a journalist.
We also have a number of villains who appear in single books, including the prison warder Mr. Carewood and the man from Dunblane, who later goes on to injure Richard so badly he requires a stay in hospital.
Then we have the primary antagonist of Robert Hardy. He pursues Richard for his own purposes from book one through to book seven. His eventual death, albeit an accident, is both a blessing and a curse for Richard, but when it happens it allows him to begin a new life away from his shadow.
But this wasn’t the original plan.
A Minor Character?
Robert was never meant to be the primary antagonist. He was supposed to be a simple corrupt police officer who doesn’t rise up the rankings in the way he did. The real antagonist was Rufus Camberwell.
My original plans for Rufus started in book one and ended in book three. Rufus was going to disappear for book two and come back in book three, determined to destroy Richard. Instead, Rufus simply doesn’t care. In the same way as the rest of his life, he doesn’t pay much attention unless it involves the best brandy or money.
Why did I change it?
It would make it extremely difficult for me to bring Richard down a peg. I would have a situation where I would be forced to destroy Richard through simply having Rufus utilise his money. There was an option where Robert would be the junior party and Rufus the controller, but in ‘1984’ I later turned this on its head.
Next Week
Next week you’re going to find out that the relationship between Jessica and Richard wasn’t always as straightforward as it seemed. Yes, their eyes met across the environment of a hot, sweaty club, but it didn’t always happen like this.
Find out more about a different romance for Richard next week.
Until next time…
James Farner
If you haven’t yet started this series, please go back to the first edition and start from there. But, seriously, spoilers alert.
Got it?
Good. Let’s get started.
The Original Antagonist
You probably know that there are a number of antagonists within the series. First of all, you have the one we first meet in Rufus Camberwell. Rufus is the son of a lord and adopts a haughty attitude that quickly brings him into conflict with the Warren family’s working class background.
There’s also Anna, for a time. She becomes a thorn in Richard’s side emotionally, and later physically, when he abandons her to pursue a dream career as a journalist.
We also have a number of villains who appear in single books, including the prison warder Mr. Carewood and the man from Dunblane, who later goes on to injure Richard so badly he requires a stay in hospital.
Then we have the primary antagonist of Robert Hardy. He pursues Richard for his own purposes from book one through to book seven. His eventual death, albeit an accident, is both a blessing and a curse for Richard, but when it happens it allows him to begin a new life away from his shadow.
But this wasn’t the original plan.
A Minor Character?
Robert was never meant to be the primary antagonist. He was supposed to be a simple corrupt police officer who doesn’t rise up the rankings in the way he did. The real antagonist was Rufus Camberwell.
My original plans for Rufus started in book one and ended in book three. Rufus was going to disappear for book two and come back in book three, determined to destroy Richard. Instead, Rufus simply doesn’t care. In the same way as the rest of his life, he doesn’t pay much attention unless it involves the best brandy or money.
Why did I change it?
It would make it extremely difficult for me to bring Richard down a peg. I would have a situation where I would be forced to destroy Richard through simply having Rufus utilise his money. There was an option where Robert would be the junior party and Rufus the controller, but in ‘1984’ I later turned this on its head.
Next Week
Next week you’re going to find out that the relationship between Jessica and Richard wasn’t always as straightforward as it seemed. Yes, their eyes met across the environment of a hot, sweaty club, but it didn’t always happen like this.
Find out more about a different romance for Richard next week.
Until next time…
James Farner
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