How to Create a Villain in a Novel

Gongel: Villains are like new born infants, so much glorious potential, until we writers get our grubby mits on them and balls it up. With the careless flick of a pen, we can turn a finely sculptured baby villain into a cringe worthy cliche because we didn't make him bad enough. Or we create something so heinously evil it's unrealistic. A villain might be a plot device, but he still needs a purpose and a goal, or he is unworthy as an opponent for your hero. See step three for motives and goals. You have to be better, clearer, more tactical and more concise with your words to create super bad villains. Two writers