“Unleashing the Beast: The Secret Strategies to Ignite Your Monster’s Motivation!”
But what if you’re writing a horror movie? What if your antagonist is a gelatinous sentient pile of goo that likes to absorb people? What exactly was the Blob’s key need? How do you write a compelling monster that clearly has some sort of goal that drives them to stab all those half-dressed teenagers?
In short, as the title says—how do you motivate a monster in a narrative sense?
Crafting Your Monster’s Motivation
There are TWO key factors, both of which are broken into smaller parts. You have a paradigm your monster adheres to behaviorally, and you have key monster story beats.
