A Tribute to Villains
I mentioned in an earlier blog that B. J. Daniels, Joanna Wayne and I gave a workshop entitled “Killers to Die For” at the RT Conference. As we were preparing for our presentation, we surprised ourselves by how differently we three view our villains. Which shouldn’t have surprised us, considering we have very different writing styles.
B. J. likes to write what she calls a ‘soft’ villain, someone who does bad things because he or she has been backed into a corner. Someone who is, more often than not, personally connected to the protagonist.
Joanna prefers the psychological villain, the kind who likes to get inside his victims’ heads and mess with their minds. This person usually gets off on the game as much as he does the kill.
I’m more into the deranged, scary, psycho villain. The predator without a conscience. These whack jobs scare me the most because you can’t protect yourself from them. If you fall into their specific criteria, they’ll find you.
I'd love to hear what type of villain you prefer and who your all-time favorite bad guy is.
And now for my tribute to villains:
B. J. likes to write what she calls a ‘soft’ villain, someone who does bad things because he or she has been backed into a corner. Someone who is, more often than not, personally connected to the protagonist.
Joanna prefers the psychological villain, the kind who likes to get inside his victims’ heads and mess with their minds. This person usually gets off on the game as much as he does the kill.
I’m more into the deranged, scary, psycho villain. The predator without a conscience. These whack jobs scare me the most because you can’t protect yourself from them. If you fall into their specific criteria, they’ll find you.
I'd love to hear what type of villain you prefer and who your all-time favorite bad guy is.
And now for my tribute to villains:
posted by Amanda at 1:09 PM
2 Comments:
the crazy killer is always more intimidating than those that react or subscribe to a method....the fact there is no way of knowing where they are coming from is the most devastating. i enjoyed the dollmaker.
{thank you for my signed copy}
That's the kind of killer I like, too, Lollie. I want to be scared.
I'm glad you got the book!
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