- Level
- Mixed
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- Premium Members $30 & Basic Members $40
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- Category
- Dialogue
- Plotting
- POV
- Voice
- Worldbuilding
- $5 off Early Registration Coupon-expires 1 week before class starts
- GREATVILLAINSSMITH2019
A great Villain may kill your heroine - but nothing kills a story faster than a weak antagonist.
In this course we will explore different types of Antagonists: anti-heroines, seducers, pirate queens and rebels, bumblers, psychos, vampires, ghosts and aliens, and more.
In this course we will explore different types of Antagonists: anti-heroines, seducers, pirate queens and rebels, bumblers, psychos, vampires, ghosts and aliens, and more.
- Learn to use back-story, world view, and the Lure of the Dark Side to create rich, compelling opposition for your heroines.
- Examine ways to Confront the Dark Side and learn how to select the most appropriate ways for your heroine.
- Writing exercises will include scene variations in character descriptions and in confrontation styles to familiarize you with many options for creating Great Villains and Villainesses.
- Defining Villainy
- The Inner Villain
- Bad Boys & Bitches
- Mommie Dearest, Bad Dads, and Killer Kids
- Psychos, Corrupt Cops, and Enslavers
- Witches & Warlocks, Vampires, Ghosts & Ghouls
- The Devil Made Me Do It: Why People Go Bad
- Villainous Devices – I: The Lures of Evil
- Villainous Devises – II: The Lures of Evil
- Confronting Villains – I
- Confronting Villains – II
- The Future of Villainy
