5 Ways To Create the Perfect Villain - WritersLife.org

5 Ways To Create the Perfect Villain - WritersLife.org

 

 

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Hi I'm Jody from Writer's Life network

and today we'll be talking about five

things you need to know to create the

perfect villain creating characters for

your stories is one of the most exciting

and enjoyable parts of being a writer

and while we all have characters that we

completely fell in love with there is

nothing quite as satisfying as writing a

brilliant twisted villain villains are

so interesting they create contrast they

are the ones we love to hate they are

complex emotionally disturbed terrifying

figures and with them we can really let

our imaginations run wild trying to

create a character that you want your

readers to hates be repulsed by or

frightened of in my opinion is actually

more interesting and in some ways easier

than trying to write a character that

you want them to like so how do you

write a great villain here are some tips

to get you started

pick a type there are so many different

types of villains you can choose to

create in your stories they might be

psychotic killers evil superheroes

superficial snooty nasty individuals who

maliciously try to destroy other

people's happiness and a whole range of

different unsavory characters in between

choosing your villain and figuring out

how he or she will work in the story is

all part of the fun do your research a

great way to get a feel for how to write

a fantastic villainous character is to

read books of a similar style here you

can get ideas and inspiration of how

these wicked characters are used to

enhance the plot and the kind of

behavior speech and action that they

have the more you read the more inspired

you will be decide how much your reader

should hate them the most memorable

villains are complex characters with as

much depth and as many layers as those

heroes of your story don't neglect your

villains give them backstories and

in-depth personalities in order for your

readers to enjoy reading about the

villain they need to be interesting they

need to demand attention and provoke a

reaction deciding what you want that

reaction to be will help you craft your

evil character do you want your readers

to feel repulsed and afraid or do you

want them in some

to empathize with your villain and feel

sorry for them there is no reason why

you can't create a character that is

completely unlikable who never shows any

remorse for their actions but the

important point to remember is that your

readers still need to want to read about

them and if they don't it could ruin

your entire story decide how they will

end your villain plays a hugely

important role in determining what kind

of book you are trying to write if they

succeed in their evil schemes defeat the

hero or prevent goodness from happening

then your book will have quite a

different feel to one where even if

right at the last minute your villain is

defeated you don't necessarily need to

see your villain overcome by the end of

the book but if you don't then make sure

your readers are prepared for it push

the boundaries if you want to make a

truly original or despicable bad guy but

you need to come up with unique ways of

doing so don't be afraid to shock your

readers and push the boundaries of what

they have to come to expect in a villain

if you do then they will be all more

interesting and exciting to read

creating a fantastic and memorable

villain is hard work but thoroughly

rewarding and lots of fun - it's not

often we get to explore the darker side

to our creativity so just run with it

use these tips to guide you and see what

kind of evil bad guy you can come up

with and remember if you're having a

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