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Love Your Bad Guys: Villains and Antagonists
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Write Your Novel Support Group starting soon on November 1st. Sign up here.
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| | 21 October 2016 Oakland, CA
Dear Friend,
This week enjoy an article by Kay Keppler on crafting villains and antagonists. I'm deep in crafting mine in preparation for writing my novel during Nanowrimo.
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What do Gorden Gekko, The Joker, Hannibal Lecter, and Darth Vader have in common? They’re villains we love to hate. They’re unapologetic about their villainy—they revel in it. And they’re good at it.
They’re also villains we can’t forget. They’re villains who make the story.
Villains and antagonists move the plot by creating conflict. So make them strong, and treat them with respect—even love.
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Have a Happy and Creative Week!
And thanks for showing up for yourself and doing your creative work!
All our best,
Beth & Ezra
PS. Join us for our free and fun event, Saturday, Oct. 29 to plan your novel in time for Nanowrimo. Go here to sign up and get the ebook, 7 Essential Keys to Planning Your Novel, (exclusive to party guests!) and a Party Prep Checklist here: http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/plan-novel-party/.
beth@bethbarany.com
Barany School of Fiction
Writer's Fun Zone blog
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ABOUT US
Beth and Ezra Barany
are award-winning, best-selling novelists, with 20 books and 6 awards to their name. They are teachers who have worked
with over 100 authors to help them get their books written and
published and into the hands of their readers.
♥ Happily married for over 16 years, we’re passionate about writing, storytelling, and guiding authors to achieve their dreams.
♥ We
offer coaching, change work sessions, book marketing coaching (Beth)
and cover design (Ezra), all for genre novelists. More at bethbarany.com.
WHAT I DO + WHY
I support writers and aspiring authors through classes and workshops, articles, books, group programs, and consultations with private clients.
I also help authors because I walk my talk; everything I or my teachers teach is based in real experience and matured through the school of hard knocks.
I believe that the creative life works better with play and love, so with playful joy, I offer you goodies to support you in your writer's adventure.
ABOUT BETH BARANY
An
award-winning novelist, certified creativity coach and Master NLP
Practitioner, Beth runs Writer's Fun Zone, a blog for and by writers,
and her recently launched school for novelists, the Barany School of
Fiction.
In
her downtime, Beth reads, colors, watches movies with her sweetie,
travels, and has coffee with friends and family. And plays with her cat, gardens, and walks. And sleeps. She loves sleep.
Photo Credit: by c. 2014 Vivienne McMaster
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