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Daily Archives: January 13, 2009

What Makes a Great Villain?

By John Brown | January 13, 2009 - 3:46 pm |August 30, 2009 On Writing
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GENUS & SPECIES I think there are a few facets to the question posed in the title. But before we get to that, I think we need to define what a villain is. A villain is a type of antagonist. Every story has an antagonist, someone or something that opposes the hero or heroine, even if it’s the setting →

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