
The Villain's Journey: How to Create Villains Readers Love to Hate
by
Debbie Burke
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9798988070573
Publication Date: 07/20/2025
Do you want to write exciting stories that keep readers up late at night? The secret is inside the villain!
Follow the steps to the darkest depths of the human soul. Trace a character's descent into malice, mayhem, and murder.
In this book, you'll learn about: The many flavors of villains, from funny to fearsome to fanatical.
How to drill inside the brain of a criminal.
What drives them? Is someone born bad or do they learn to be bad?
Reasons why an ordinary person changes from law-abiding to law breaking.
Tips for an antagonist who challenges, threatens, and terrifies your hero.
How compelling criminals transform a story from meh to memorable.
And more...
Build-a-Villain worksheets help you create unique, multi-dimensional villains for your own stories. Even if you don't write crime fiction, this book shows techniques to bring antagonists to life in any genre. Travel on The Villain's Journey...if you dare!
Follow the steps to the darkest depths of the human soul. Trace a character's descent into malice, mayhem, and murder.
In this book, you'll learn about: The many flavors of villains, from funny to fearsome to fanatical.
How to drill inside the brain of a criminal.
What drives them? Is someone born bad or do they learn to be bad?
Reasons why an ordinary person changes from law-abiding to law breaking.
Tips for an antagonist who challenges, threatens, and terrifies your hero.
How compelling criminals transform a story from meh to memorable.
And more...
Build-a-Villain worksheets help you create unique, multi-dimensional villains for your own stories. Even if you don't write crime fiction, this book shows techniques to bring antagonists to life in any genre. Travel on The Villain's Journey...if you dare!
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