Tag: what makes a great villain

How to Create Legendary Villains

When the reader sees the duality of the villain, she is also seeing the duality in herself. That is the part that can be deeply disturbing.

Anatomy of a Legendary Villain

If a villain is wanting to rule, control, destroy, etc. they should have a really good/plausible/sympathetic reason for doing so. In fact, when we do a great job at creating the villain, our audience will struggle with who to root for.