What would you rather see in a writing piece?

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I am writing a story, and was wondering if the audience (you guys) would rather the future antagonist be more developed, so when the character becomes the antagonist that the reader feels a sense of guilt and betrayal, or the character be less developed, so the change doesn't seem too drastic or "out of character"?

Update:

@Kate you silly goose, I never even told you what the story was about, now did I?

Beasty Guy · Accepted Answer

Well don't make it "out of character", but by all means don't make them less developed. I'm a writer and when I write I try to develop each and every character, and to me there is something very intriguing about antagonists, they are actually easy to mess up. I think you should give the antagonist a surprising change that does emotionally shock the reader, but not anything out of character. But of course how you treat the antagonist really depends on the genre of the story or novel or whatever you're writing. So my answer would be in between. Best of luck!

Semoseemo · Answer

I like the idea of the reader feeling a sense of guilt and betrayal. It is always interesting when the reader feels like he is in the story and gets that feeling at the end of the story after getting to know the character.

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What would you rather see in a writing piece?

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