{"id":1463,"date":"2009-05-18T23:03:14","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T03:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2009-05-18T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T03:03:14","slug":"what-makes-a-memorable-villain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1463","title":{"rendered":"What Makes a Memorable Villain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=699\">unlikeable characters<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and villains.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0One of my writing lists had a recent discussion about villains.\u00c2\u00a0 What makes a villain memorable?\u00c2\u00a0 How can the writer make a villain that is more than a two-sided paper cutout?<\/p>\n<p>For some, the villain had to be &#8220;bad&#8221; but have humane qualities.\u00c2\u00a0 For others, memorable villains reflect\u00c2\u00a0a dark side of the reader.<\/p>\n<p>Writers can create those memorable villains by giving them an unexpected characteristic.\u00c2\u00a0 The villain\u00c2\u00a0could have\u00c2\u00a0a soft spot for black cats or mimes.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Creating memorable characters &#8211; heroes or villains &#8211; is like putting a puzzle together.\u00c2\u00a0 The pieces have to fit together perfectly.\u00c2\u00a0 If the character doesn&#8217;t ring true there&#8217;s usually something about the motivation or viewpoint that is slightly off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I wrote about unlikeable characters\u00c2\u00a0and villains.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0One of my writing lists had a recent discussion about villains.\u00c2\u00a0 What makes a villain memorable?\u00c2\u00a0 How can the writer make a villain that is more than a two-sided paper cutout? 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