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13 Steps to Evil: How to Craft Superbad Villains

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13 Steps to Evil: How to Craft Superbad Villains

By: Sacha Black
Narrated by: Sacha Black
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About this listen

Your hero is not the most important character in your book. Your villain is.

Are you fed up of drowning in two-dimensional villains? Frustrated with creating clichés? And failing to get your reader to root for your villain?

In 13 Steps to Evil, you’ll discover:

  • How to develop a villain’s mindset
  • A step-by-step guide to creating your villain from the ground up
  • Why getting to the core of a villain’s personality is essential to make them credible
  • What pitfalls and clichés to avoid as well as the tropes your story needs

Finally, there is a comprehensive writing guide to help you create superbad villains. Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned writer, this audiobook will help power up your bad guy and give them that extra edge.

These lessons will help you master and control your villainous minions, navigate and gain the perfect balance of good and evil, as well as strengthening your villain to give your story the tension and punch it needs.

If you like dark humour, learning through examples and want to create the best villains you can, then you’ll love Sacha Black’s guide to crafting superbad villains. Listen to 13 Steps to Evil today and start creating kick-ass villains.

©2017 Sacha Black (P)2021 Sacha Black Inspiring

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This was a great discussion of the aspects to think about when creating believable villains. I'm going to read the other books by Sacha Black. Only negative is that the appendix wasn't included!

Excellent but index missing!

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Sacha has written a book that really breaks down what makes a great villain that should be part of every authors toolkit and it was read with her infectious personality. Totally brilliant!

Brilliantly Villainous, wickedly read

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