3 Tips For Creating a Great Villain

• How to create an interesting villain for your story
When creating an antagonist – or villain – in a story, beginning writers often opt for a cardboard figure who simply opposes the story’s hero or main character. Those writers usually can create a story that is much more suspenseful and interesting, however, if they more fully develop their villain.

• Develop complex antagonist to maximize conflict 
In most stories, someone causes the problem that vexes the main character. This character is called the antagonist.

• Consider employing a deceiver in your plot
Sometimes the plot of your story requires that the viewpoint character keep his identity secret from other characters. Such a character is known as a deceiver.


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