Is Your Villain Ruining Your Novel? - WritersLife.org

Is Your Villain Ruining Your Novel? - WritersLife.org

 

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Hi I'm Jodi from Writer'slife.org and

today we'll be talking about if your

villain is ruining your novel most

novels have a character that acts as the

villain he or she is the antagonist the

one that you pit against your hero or

heroine the villain causes problems for

your protagonist they put obstacles in

their path your villain is the one that

they must defeat to achieve whatever is

they want to achieve however a badly

written villain can ruin your novel

of course any badly written character

can however the villain plays such a

prominent part in the story it is

important you pay particular attention

to them and ensure you don't fall into

the following traps are they is

stereotyped villainous characters have

been written into stories for centuries

therefore it is probable that you can

divide different villains into

particular types the evil genius the

psychopathic killer the vengeful lover

and so on well it might be impossible to

avoid writing a villain that doesn't fit

into one of these categories what you

must do is try to find a way to make

yours truly unique readers are always

looking for fresh and interesting

characters those that surprise them and

take them to unexpected places if your

villain is just a carbon copy of the

typical bad guy and never does anything

unexpected your reader will soon tire of

them and a boring villain is a book

killer for sure are they evil enough the

best villains shock readers with their

deceptive twisted terrifying ways does

yours when it comes to writing a great

villain make sure that they act in the

way that would class them as such if

they don't really do anything or only

ruffle at your protagonist feathers

every now and again then your story will

fall flat

villains need to create real obstacles

and wreak havoc throughout your novel if

they don't then your readers won't pay

them any attention and their lack of

action will mean that your protagonists

journey becomes less significant - are

they too evil of course there is always

the possibility that you have made your

villain to evil

now while the actions of a villain

be as despicable as you dare to imagine

readers also have to feel as though they

are believable and fitting with the

story readers need to understand the

motivations behind your villains and

villainous ways if they act for no

reason it could be hard for your readers

to connect with them or find them

authentic and that can just as easily

leave them finding it hard to enjoy your

book do your readers care at the end of

the day your readers need to care about

what happens in your story if I don't

care about what your villain is doing or

how your protagonists will defeat them

then you need to go back to the drawing

board

a villain needs to take center stage to

inject your book with drama and tension

and poorer and fear but also to make the

story worth telling so make sure you

make your villain count don't forget if

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