I often find asking what a character wants really helps me understand why they do what they do. Giving your villains a goal helps make them characters rather than caricatures. Though to be honest I tend to like antagonists that aren't so much villains as simply characters who want something incompatible with what the protagonist wants.
And when they are villains I like them to be intelligent.
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Re: A writing excersize that may help you
Date: 2010-08-10 09:19 pm (UTC)I often find asking what a character wants really helps me understand why they do what they do. Giving your villains a goal helps make them characters rather than caricatures. Though to be honest I tend to like antagonists that aren't so much villains as simply characters who want something incompatible with what the protagonist wants.
And when they are villains I like them to be intelligent.