I've been thinking about methods on how to make players consider the villain(s) in a game as a serious threat, and not just as a random NPC with an evil looking sprite graphic that's forgotten about the moment they leave the screen. What are effective ways of making a villain ...
WriteAway2021年3月4日 CST Morally ambiguous characters are those that are not simply heroes or villains. They fall somewhere in between, and as such, add a layer of depth and complexity to your story. The truth is that most humans in real life are not pure angels or simply bad people,...
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How to create a villain. When it comes to writing fiction, we each have our own unique challenges. For some of us, it’s a struggle to come up with names for characters. For others, it’s hard to write realistic dialogue. Maybe you’re like me and find it difficult to write a rea...
Just prepare yourself to be the bad guy. We’re all the villain of someone’s story, after all. Welcome to h-e-double hockey sticks, Darth Vader. ENFP Did your ENFP friend show up three hours late to your coffee date for the eightieth time? Has your forlorn heart grown cold watching...
It is the third installment in Ti West’s X film series and a direct sequel to X (2022). The first chapter was called Pearl (2022). Although seeing the others before seeing MaXXXine is unnecessary, it is also fun. West writes, produces, directs, and edits the vehicle, so the projec...
Should your villain get a POV? Probably not, especially if your villain is just pure evil in a comic book, I-want-to-take-over-the-world kind of way. There are a few good reasonsnot to include your villains POV: villain POVs are hard to write:To write a good villain, you’ll ha...
a tweed-clad unemployed salesman named Lupton, is seen dabbling in the darker Buddhist arts, but he’s a very low-key villain – much more low-key than the evil BOSS, whom Lupton actor John Dearth had voiced inthe previous year’s season finale. You wouldn’t expect this story to unfol...
"So what’s your Evil Overlord’s motivation? We need to help readers understand why they want it so badly. We don’t need to agree with them, but we do need to understand them.” FREE COURSE How to Write Fantasy Fiction Learn to combine worldbuilding, plot, and character to create...