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Top 10 Fictional Villains (Part 3)
Happy Halloween week, book witches! Welcome to the third and final installment of my top 10 Fictional Villains list.
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Jordan
- Oct 19, 2020
- 4 min
Top 10 Fictional Villains (Part 2)
Prepare thyself for another batch of villainous insight as to what makes these baddies the best at being the worst.
Kori
- Oct 16, 2020
- 6 min
Top 10 Fictional Vampires
ampires are one of the most beloved monsters in history. We have vampire lore from multitudes of minds, all with their own original twists.
Jordan
- Oct 12, 2020
- 6 min
Top 10 Fictional Villains (Part 1)
I'm a huge fan of well-crafted villains. None of that one-dimensional, "I'm evil because I can" nonsense for me. I want to see the layers...
Jordan
- Sep 28, 2020
- 4 min
How to Write a Villain Readers Love to Hate
Writing villains can be one of the toughest parts of the gig. You need them to be believable but terrible. Frightening, or at least...
Jordan
- Sep 23, 2017
- 5 min
How Open-World Gaming Can Improve Your Writing
Do you have the guilty pleasure of spending hours on gaming? I know I do. When I go on a gaming kick, the rest of the world ceases to...
Jordan
- Aug 28, 2017
- 3 min
How to Write a Lovable Animal Sidekick
We all love a good sidekick in a story. Especially if said sidekick happens to be of the furry and/or adorable persuasion. That’s why...
Jordan
- Aug 5, 2017
- 4 min
How to Write a Complex Love Interest
Too often in books, I see the distinction between character description and objectification blurred—or, worse, downright trampled. Love...
Jordan
- May 18, 2016
- 4 min
Writing Goth Characters (The Non-Cliché Way)
Goths. Ah, that black-clad, head-bangin’, monotone, anarchist, morbid batch of weirdos. At least, according to the media. And let’s face...
Jordan
- Mar 31, 2016
- 5 min
Writing Teen Characters (The Non-Cliché Way)
Teenagers are weird. There. I said it. It’s what all of you are thinking. I mean, the angst, the hormones, the unstable emotions, the...