Tag Archive | Villains
Villains
Kylo Ren: “Your son is gone. He was weak and foolish like his father, so I destroyed him.”
Han Solo: “That’s what Snoke wants you to believe, but it’s not true. My son is alive.”
Everyone Loves a Good Villain
When I first started writing fantasy as a teenager, I created a villain I loved so much, he had to have his own story. I realized the other day that I’ve never posted some of my writing here. Without further adieu, here is the prologue to my villain’s story. A bit of a content warning […]
Humanizing Evil?
I cannot seem to write a purely evil villain. All the villains in my stories have distinct human qualities. There is the corrupt Emperor who drinks away his obsessive paranoia. The only person he truly trusts is a lone childhood friend, who he jealously monopolizes. Or the evil religious leader who is terrified of his […]
How Despicable?
In a conversation at our dining room table about the opening of my new work in progress, Valor’s Worth, my husband brought it to my attention that there was a line in the segment that he felt went over the edge in terms of graphic content. This came as a surprise to me, given previous […]
Frontline Lackeys
Writing a series has its own peculiarities, especially when the plot arc stretches across the books. One of those is the issue of the villain in the first book. Usually the hero doesn’t have much direct battle time with the ultimate bad guy. Most epic bad guys I’ve met are powerful enough and the developing […]
The Making of a Solid Bad Guy
Last week I mentioned one of my favorite villians, Heinz Doofenshmirtz. He claims to pure evil, but if you follow the show, that’s not really the case. His parents forced him to be a lawn gnome for much of his childhood and favored his older brother, Roger. He wants recognition and revenge. But he also […]
What Makes A Good Villain?
First and foremost, before I begin on the main subject of this entry, I feel obliged to offer up some lame excuse for my lack of posting. Namely, I had no idea what to write about. Don’t get me wrong, there’s always something to ramble about; the trouble comes in finding a subject that won’t […]
The New Authors Fellowship 