Comments on: Underutilization of Villains http://kaitnolan.com/2008/06/11/underutilization-of-villains/ Action packed paranormal romance Wed, 30 May 2012 13:16:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: endithinks http://kaitnolan.com/2008/06/11/underutilization-of-villains/#comment-1824 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:24:25 +0000 http://seanachi.wordpress.com/?p=563#comment-1824 Midi I totally agree. Villains most often do not see themselves as villains unless they are Shakespeare characters (Much Ado about Nothing :) ) but most of the time they feel that what they do is right or neccesary. They may feel empowered or entitled, or they may be a victim themselves in their own minds.

]]> By: midiguru http://kaitnolan.com/2008/06/11/underutilization-of-villains/#comment-1802 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:06:04 +0000 http://seanachi.wordpress.com/?p=563#comment-1802 The principle I ran into, once upon a time, in a book on writing fiction, was this: The villain is, in his own head, the HERO of his life story. The villain does things that seem necessary and appropriate to him (however twisted his judgment may look from the outside) in pursuing his own agenda.

In order to write a convincing villain, then, you need to be able to walk a mile in his shoes. You need to be able to identify, in some way, with his passions. If you can’t do that, your villain will be made of cardboard.

–Jim Aikin (midiguru.wordpress.com)

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