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\"Loving<\/a>Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist, editor, and novelist,\u00a0Kay Keppler<\/a>, as she shares with us “Love Your Bad Guys!”\u00a0Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

What do Gorden Gekko, The Joker, Hannibal Lecter, and Darth Vader have in common? They\u2019re villains we love to hate. They\u2019re unapologetic about their villainy\u2014they revel in it. And they\u2019re good at it.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re also villains we can\u2019t forget.<\/strong> They\u2019re villains who make the story.<\/p>\n

Villains and antagonists move the plot by creating conflict. So make them strong, and treat them with respect\u2014even love.<\/p>\n

Villain or Antagonist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A villain is not the same as an antagonist.<\/strong> The antagonist simply acts against the protagonist, but s\/he isn\u2019t necessarily a bad person. For example, Ruth wants to save the farm so their parents can retire in the place they lived their whole lives. But her brother Bill wants to sell the farm to a developer of senior housing, where their parents can retire in comfort. Both goals are legitimate, but the siblings work against each other for what they think is right.<\/p>\n

A villain is an antagonist who is also a bad guy.<\/strong> A villain does bad things or has bad goals, or both. Villains might be evil, but they can also use their power in ways readers find offensive, or to further a cause that readers don\u2019t like. But to be successful, villains need heroic traits\u2014determination, perseverance, vision, and perhaps even idealism, even if that idealism is their own special, evil brand.<\/p>\n

Force for Good<\/strong><\/p>\n

By creating the conflict, the antagonist is the agent of change for your protagonist. Because conflict forces the protagonist to grow and change, in a way, your antagonist is beneficial for the protagonist.<\/p>\n

Your antagonist can also help define your conflict. By embodying the external conflict, s\/he can make it concrete. If you think your story lacks punch, maybe your conflict is too broad or amorphous. Your antagonist can make that conflict sharp and immediate.<\/p>\n

For example, say that your heroine, the black sheep of the family, wants to gain acceptance in her community. Her struggle could be made more focused if opposition were embodied in her grandmother, who is prim and proper and set in her ways. The grandmother is her antagonist.<\/p>\n

Force for Evil<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your set-in-her-ways grandmother might be all you need to embody the conflict in a lighter book, but if you\u2019re writing suspense or horror, you\u2019ll need a stronger antagonist. For example, say your protagonist is a young man fighting oppression. Oppression is a deep issue that might be better embodied by a villain, someone willing to commit real evil. Perhaps your hero is an idealistic cop, fighting a brutal criminal kingpin to shut down a human trafficking ring. That conflict has shape and power.<\/p>\n

A villain can force the protagonist to make moral choices. Ruthless disregard for moral rules is, after all, a characteristic of the villain. But heroes and heroines can’t be like that, even if they want to be. By challenging the protagonists to find a way to defeat evil without becoming evil themselves, the villain once again becomes a force for good. The villain is part of your protagonist\u2019s journey to heroism.<\/p>\n

Villains: Heroes of Their Own Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your villains have their own value systems, motivations, and inner needs. They see themselves as heroes. A good villain doesn\u2019t commit random acts of chaos, but acts on a plan to achieve a goal. Just as you identify a motivation and goal for the protagonist, identify a motivation and goal for the villain. You might not put the villain\u2019s story on the page, but you should know what it is.<\/p>\n

Villains are a lot like heroes:<\/strong> They\u2019re active, powerful, dynamic, and capable of change. But you need to know them well to understand what might lead to their defeat. Here are some suggestions for how to do that:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Humanize your villains. Figure out their goals and motivations
\n\u2022 Find their vulnerabilities\u2014what he’s afraid of, what she’s ashamed of
\n\u2022 Show your villain making \u201cmoral\u201d choices by their standards\u2014not just automatically doing the bad thing, but choosing to do that bad thing for their own \u201cgood\u201d reasons<\/p>\n

When you love your villain as much as your protagonist, your conflict sharpens, creating memorable characters\u2014and stories\u2014your readers won\u2019t be able to put down.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Alicia Rasley<\/a>, a writing teacher and a RITA award- winning Regency author.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n

Kay Keppler<\/a>\"Kay<\/a>\u00a0is an author\u00a0Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a><\/em>, Betting on Hope<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas<\/a><\/em>, and editor of fiction and nonfiction \u2013Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Outsource It<\/em>! She lives in northern California. Contact her here at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone in the comments below, or at\u00a0kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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