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ADVERTISING SECTION. Editor Brian McKenzie’s writing advice book just got published on Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Write-Superhero-Stories-ebook/dp/B009W3ECY6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1351803799&sr=1-1

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  1. ADVERTISING SECTION • Editor Brian McKenzie’s writing advice book just got published on Kindle. • http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Write-Superhero-Stories-ebook/dp/B009W3ECY6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1351803799&sr=1-1 • “Learning to Write Superhero Stories: Using the Best and Worst Superhero Movies to Write Better Novels, Comics, and Screenplays” • Recommended for everyone, though it’d most benefit aspiring screenwriters and writers interested in superheroes.

  2. Tangent: The Powerpoint Topic 3: Characters - Villains

  3. You Know What a Villain Is • “A person guilty or capable of a crime or wickedness -the person or thing responsible for specified trouble, harm, or damage.” • Usually the antagonist – again, we’ll get into this later. These characters are moderately less likely to become Mary Sues/Gary Stus in the hands of most authors, though it’s not impossible for a Villain Sue to pop up. Rather, they’re more likely to simply be cookie-cutter.

  4. A Selection of the Species • Insert villain of choice here

  5. Villain vs. Antagonist • Inspector Javert, Les Miserables (book and musical, currently focusing on musical) • Currently pursuing the ex-criminal protagonist based on the idea that • people who have committed crimes are incapable of change. • Villain? Dubious. • Antagonist? Yes.

  6. Important Factors • Motives • Competence • Believability • Fallibility

  7. Villain Pitfalls • An excess of power. • Plot induced idiocy. • Lack of motive. • Mindlessly evil behavior.

  8. The Anti Villain • “A villain with heroic goals, personality traits, and/or virtues. Their desired ends are mostly good, but their means of getting there are evil.” • Rarer than their antihero counterparts. Likely to be redeemed with the help of the hero, if they don’t die tragically in the process.

  9. The Real-World Archnemesis Challenge • Write about a villain that you yourself encounter in your life. • Ex: your neighbor’s yappy Chihuahua, those tiny spiders you keep finding in the shower, math homework, etc. • The more mundane, the better! • Bonus points: Write from that villain’s point of view.

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