Five Antagonists Who Never Stood a Chance What’s the point of cheering for the good guys when their victory is inevitable? February 20, 2021June 14, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Q&A: How Can I Make My Villain Ruthless Without Being Insensitive? Answered by Chris Winkle December 14, 2020August 26, 2021 in Commentary, Social Justice
Five Common Problems With Redemption Arcs Because redeeming a villain is difficult, many of the same mistakes get repeated again and again. November 7, 2020June 14, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Storytelling
The Villains of Each Buffy Season, From Worst to Best Buffy runs the gamut on villains, from the highest highs to the lowest lows. October 3, 2020June 16, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Q&A: How Do I Foreshadow That a Character Is Really a Villain? Answered by Chris Winkle August 3, 2020August 26, 2021 in Storytelling
Q&A: How Do I Create a Platonic Friendship Between Characters? Answered by Chris Winkle June 8, 2020August 26, 2021 in Storytelling
Q&A: How Can I Make a Villain With a Disability Work? Answered by Fay Onyx April 20, 2020August 26, 2021 in Commentary, Social Justice
Episode 270: Redemption Arcs Sometimes, we love a villain. April 12, 2020August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Seven Tricks to Improve Your Minions And we don't just mean the squat yellow kind, either. February 8, 2020July 7, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Storytelling
How The Rise of Skywalker Finally Made Kylo Ren Worth Redeeming The mess that was the final Star Wars film nonetheless offers lessons on villain redeemability. January 4, 2020July 11, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Storytelling
Episode 253: Creating Villains Who Have a Point Villains are bad people, but are they always wrong? December 15, 2019August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Q&A: Is My Villain Who Feeds Off Negative Emotions Problematic? Answered by Chris Winkle November 4, 2019May 28, 2022 in Commentary
Q&A: How Do I Craft Truly Despicable Characters? Answered by Chris Winkle May 27, 2019August 26, 2021 in Storytelling
Six Common Villain Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them A good villain is critical for most stories. March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 by Oren Ashkenazi in Storytelling
Five More Underpowered Antagonists Antagonists need to be threatening so they can provide tension. March 16, 2019March 14, 2019 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Making Sympathetic Antagonists (And Why Thanos Wasn’t One) Do you want a story where the villain isn’t a mustache-twirling baddie who does terrible things just “for the evulz”? January 25, 2019January 31, 2019 by Mira Singer in Analysis
Six Reasons the Fire Nation Is Such a Good Villain While individual villains will always be important, villainous organizations really propel a story to the next level. January 12, 2019January 10, 2019 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
When to Narrate a Villain’s Point of View Using a villain's point of view can do more harm than good. March 16, 2018July 21, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
Five Underpowered Antagonists These stories were just out of their main characters' leagues. January 20, 2018June 28, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
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