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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://graemeing.com/writing-craft/does-a-book-need-a-villain/#comment-371&quot;&gt;Linda Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;.

Very true, Linda. Those internal demons can elevate a story to a higher level.]]></description>
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<p>Very true, Linda. Those internal demons can elevate a story to a higher level.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[The most intriguing stories many times have the protagonist stuggling against him/herself. Stephen King does this in his novels. Yes, there is a big bad out there, but it is the weakness inside the hero that is the main challenge. The hero either has a substance abuse problem or is fighting the evil within, etc. Sometimes, no matter how intriguing or terrifying, the exterior evil force or person is like Hitchcock&#039;s McGuffin, functioning as a plot device but not what the story is really about.]]></description>
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