tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post7143721377487385893..comments2024-03-18T04:40:38.214-05:00Comments on Murderous Musings: The Villain! Who, Me?Chester Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-2243891133575696822008-07-17T13:25:00.000-05:002008-07-17T13:25:00.000-05:00Thanks, Lee. You do know you're living my dream li...Thanks, Lee. You do know you're living my dream life, right? Writing and traveling to writers' conferences...it's enough to make a girl weep with envy.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with the conference. Do they sell tapes?Jaden Terrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113218513166921429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-74231306285680451492008-07-17T12:18:00.000-05:002008-07-17T12:18:00.000-05:00Great post! Ironically, I'm teaching a class at th...Great post! Ironically, I'm teaching a class at the Midwest Writers Conference next week called How To Write Effective Villains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-17725611200932988152008-07-16T23:31:00.000-05:002008-07-16T23:31:00.000-05:00Beth, I think you've hit the nail on the head, as ...Beth, I think you've hit the nail on the head, as usual (pardon the cliche'). It's about having well rounded characters, whether they be good or bad, as perceived by the reader. We need to root for someone, root against someone else, but that doesn't mean both sides shouldn't be fleshed out, as well as those characters somewhere in limbo between those two extremes. And as we see time after time, not everybody's usually all good or all bad; somewhere in the middle is the humanity of the character.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368973223808495975noreply@blogger.com