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How to Create a Credible Villain in Fiction More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Scott Feenan | permalink
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Creating a credible villain for fiction writing stereotypically evil or just "icky" traits. It requires a delicate balance of bad and, yes, even good to bring a measure of believability to the villain in a tale or novel. === Creating Your...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Credible-Villain-in-Fiction ^[1]

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How to Create Characters for Your Novel More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Ben Little | permalink
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Tips on how to create characters for your novel that are believable, memorable, functional, and 3-dimensional.
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For further reading: http://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/create-characters.html ^[2]

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6 Ways to Write Better Bad Guys | WritersDigest.com More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Yerko Bain | permalink
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With the following tips in mind, reread your manuscript with an eye toward making your antagonist as compelling as your protagonist.

For further reading: http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/6-ways-to-write-better-bad-guys ^[3]

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Is Your Novel Required to Have a Villain? | Advanced Fiction Writing More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Nessola William RUSMC | permalink
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When writing your novel, do you absolutely have to have a villain? Can the “bad guy” be society? Can it be the environment? I went out of town a couple of weeks ago to go to a writing conference (had a wonderful time, saw many of my friends, made a number of new ones) and …
For further reading: http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/04/26/is-your-novel-required-to-have-a-villain/ ^[4]

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Creating the Perfect Villain - Dead Good More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by joyce keane | permalink
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The Writers' Academy offers up tips and guidance on how to create the perfect villain.

For further reading: http://www.deadgoodbooks.co.uk/creating-perfect-villain/ ^[5]

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How To Write The Bad Guy More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Avinash Bharadwaj | permalink
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writersfriend: “ By whatever name they’re called—villain, antagonist, bad guy, nasty character—the characters who stand in opposition to your protagonists are integral to your novels. He, she, or...
Tags: character help,villains,fiction,character development,creative writing

For further reading: http://fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment.tumblr.com/post/27634683040/how-to-write-the-bad-guy ^[6]

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1. http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Credible-Villain-in-Fiction

2. http://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/create-characters.html

3. http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/6-ways-to-write-better-bad-guys

4. http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/04/26/is-your-novel-required-to-have-a-villain/

5. http://www.deadgoodbooks.co.uk/creating-perfect-villain/

6. http://fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment.tumblr.com/post/27634683040/how-to-write-the-bad-guy