Isn't that characterisation by him simply doing something outrageous? Apologies if that wasn't the intent, but you have to agree it looks that way...
"Urgh, the election. Me and Alex listen to the radio phone ins as we drive to school and this time around it's been nothing but politics. I...
Should probably point out that you said selling a character, which has rather different implications, especially given that you suggested he carry...
It bears mentioning that Shub-Nigguraths, Destroyers of Worlds and so on don't need reasons to do what they do (indeed, they probably have no...
So, wait- your point is that it is easier to write a cosmic horror as an embodiment of evil than it is to write scheming, self-serving villains as...
So you intend to present this character as the embodiment of evil, and you intend to do that through him carrying out singularly evil acts. Fair...
I'd disagree that a book necessarily being more about one or the other means the aspect less focused on is badly done, or indeed that there being...
That's what the C.S. Lewis quote means, and indeed the general agreement is that a villain sees himself as more or less justified in his actions-...
I think Magali acts reasonably well in character, but it has to be said the previous two instances involved her saying pleasant things or with...
Why so desperate to sell the character as the embodiment of evil? In matters such as that he should demonstrate great evil rather than the reader...
Good question. While originally the main character in my current work came in part from real life, I didn't know him except by his acts, and so...
You're confusing embodiments of evil with Big Bad Guys- they aren't always the same thing. Bad guys might well have redeeming features, no matter...
Yes, true. Mid reply and blindly posted. Does the Preview button update the thread, incidentally? So, my question is this. Stephen King, under...
whoops, posted after I saw the above message.
Laws shouldn't be used to send messages, champ, that's what a free exchange of ideas is for. They should be used to compel people not to do...
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