A participant at Stage 32 was struggling with how to write challenges for their protagonist, including setting up the proper antagonist. Not every movie is an action packed sci-fi Marvel world-in-danger situation, so how do you handle the escalation of stakes? There were several writers who chimed in with excellent suggestions.

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