How to Craft a Horribly Fascinating Villain
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2024
- After your hero, the villain is arguably the most important character in your novel. The struggle with the villain is what prompts the hero to grow. So, how do you create great villains? Watch the video for a simple and effective technique that works not by making your villains more villainous, but paradoxically, by imbuing them with qualities of goodness.
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I haven't watched the video yet, but I want you to know that I find great comfort in your channel.
Thank you!
If I one day get a novel published I will give my thanks to Malcolm Pryce
Villans are easy - it’s interesting protagonists who aren’t too dull that are difficult!
Yes I agree. Goodness is boring in fiction. It's OK in real life though :)
Thank You, @TheOxfordWriter ⭐️
The passages on disfigurement and the burden, were most insightful - that Shelley could understand this, and write with such compassion, so Meaningfully, has always been a mystery. How could she Know? A detail in such a magnificent novel.
A note. Misery making One a fiend - pain burns away the veneer of humanity, of weakness, and some Villains can't be redeemed.
No pity for the Devil as it were.
She was only 18, too, when she wrote it, which is pretty mind-blowing.
@@TheOxfordWriter The prose is curiously similar to that of her husband. Maybe he was trying to avoid a potential stint of hard labor!
You promised I would weep, and you did not disappoint. Thank you for another wonderful video! I’m halfway through writing my third novel, and I look forward to your videos like Christmas morning. Keep it up!
What a lovely comment! Christmas morning? High praise! Thank you
By the way, let me know if there is a specific topic you would like me to cover
A request!?! Hmm…I hear a lot about finding your own unique voice in writing, but then we’re supposed to give each character their own unique voice too. That’s a lot of unique voices to perfect, and I sometimes feel like I get lost in it all. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Fantastic video, thank you! I adore Oscar Wilde, that was a really interesting example.
The content is wonderful, and the audio has outstanding quality. Almost an ASMR.
What microfone and software do you use?
Thank you very much, I’ve had so many problems with the audio in the past.
I use a RØDE VideoMic GO II
The game-changer for me was the discovery of this online AI audio ‘clean up’ facility.
auphonic.com
It works brilliantly
FYI those are electrodes, not bolts.
You're an electrode