By Tara Johnson, @TaraMinistry A good villain makes you hate him. A great villain makes you fall in love with him. Sounds strange, right? Perhaps, but the difference between a …
Writing Miserable Characters Without Making Your Readers Miserable
By Janine Rosch, @janinerosche “Ryann Ashcroft rolled onto her back, clinched her arms across her stomach, and surrendered her breath into the dreary, gray sky. The newspaper had predicted snowfall …
3 Characterization Tips from Movies
By Cara Putman, @cara_putman One of the classes I have taught at Krannert is Persuasion & Communications, a class for Masters of Marketing students. One lens I use as I …
Getting Into Your Character’s Head…When the Character Is a Psychopath
by Patricia Bradley, @PTBradley1 Creating heroes and heroines is hard enough, but at least writers usually know a few people who qualify for those titles. And it’s easier to get into …
Brainstorming the Villain Persona
Villains bring the whole creepy factor to your novel. Sometimes villains are devious and brilliant, other times they are crass and brutish. But one thing they all have in common …