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SLIPPERY CIRCUMSTANCES

HOW TO BLEND THE VILLAINS PART 1

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Over the past few days, I have described the five types of villains: the slippery villain (the annoying snake who you hate), the circumstantial villain (the person who is against the main only because of the situation),the evil villain (the 1-D evil incarnate), the conceptual villain (where the idea is the villain), and the valiant villain (the noble villain).

That’s a lot!

Let’s consider something else. What if we want to further define our villain? We can actually blend these villain types to create…THE SUPER VILLAIN! Continue reading →

WHEN EVIL IS VALIANT

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HOW TO CREATE A NOBLE VILLAIN

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A nobleman is a man of dignity and sophistication. He is a man who handles business with a professional approach. He is a man who is determined to succeed. Take this nobleman and give him the traits of a villain, and you have created the Valiant Villain.

A VV is the type of villain who has a strict moral code, and only under the rarest of circumstances does he break it. This is the kind of villain whose motives need to be explored. He deserves to be understood; he demands it even. Continue reading →

VILLAINS ARE PEOPLE TOO

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GIVE’EM THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE

For this thread, I’m going to talk about the most common villain type which is the villain who is a person, as opposed to a disease or time or a mountain quest or the sea (as in THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA).

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NOT ALL VILLAINS ARE CREATED EVIL

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JUST SOME OF’EM

We are still on the issue of character, and even when we leave this issue, we will return…to this…what’s the word I’m looking for here…issue? One of the most important characters in your novel is and will be your villain.

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