evilded777 opened this issue on Dec 11, 2014 · 3 posts
evilded777 posted Thu, 11 December 2014 at 9:49 AM
Ok, so I'm wading through my outlining/synopsis/warmup phase and getting close to the point where I will layout my scenes. I've done some good work on my characters, ideas for scenes are bubbling up and the final plot pieces are struggling to click into place.
I've got a story where there are deliberate paralells between one of the protagonists and the antagonist; they are there to keep the other protagonist guessing and off-balance and to develop an interpersonal conflict between the two protagonists (suspicion and distrust between two characters who are romantically linked). The READER will know who the antagonist is before the protagonists, and I'm feeling like I need to get some POV scenes from the antagonist before the moment when his identity is revealed to the protagonists (and the secondary character the antagonist/stalker has gotten involved with while working to get close to one of the protagonists).
So here's the question: do you feel a POV scene from a character who is not identified other than generically as the antagonist is doable or is it just clunky mechanically? I don't want to give a way his identity to the reader, initially, though I will reveal through a scene with a secondary character that this guy is indeed the antagonist and hiding his true identity.
This is not really a mystery, but there does need to be some suspense and tension built. Have to admit that I don't think I have qood techniques for that; something I really need to work on.