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Can a person be a hero and a villain?
“We can often be hero to one person, villain to another, and something in between to lots of others”
Does a villain makes hero a hero?
A villain is the opposite of a hero. A villain is the antagonist of your story whose motivations and actions oppose the protagonist and drive the plot of your story. Bestselling author Dan Brown advocates for writing your villain first—even before your hero—because it is the villain who will make the hero heroic.
What are characteristics of a villain?
Villain Characteristics Checklist:
- He’s convinced he’s the good guy.
- He has many likeable qualities.
- He’s a worthy enough opponent to make your hero look good.
- You (and your reader) like when he’s on stage.
- He’s clever and accomplished enough that people must lend him begrudging respect.
- He can’t be a fool or a bumbler.
How do you give a villain a motive?
5 Tips for Writing Villain Motivations
- Use backstory to explain your villain’s motivation.
- Explain your villain’s relationship to power.
- Give your villain a strong connection to the protagonist.
- Make sure your villain has weaknesses or vulnerabilities.
- Root your villain’s motivations in real life.
Are You the hero or villain of Your Own Story?
Sometimes, having your own thoughts and opinions, and agency over your own life makes you the villain in somebody else’s eyes, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Nothing you can do but keep living. Nothing you can do but accept that there’s a cost to being the protagonist of your own life, the hero of your own story.
How to avoid being the villain?
If you want to avoid being the villain, try living to please. It will make you the hero of everyone else’s story but your own. It will make you submissive. When you live to please, you don’t live your own life, but the life others have designed for you.
Do you have the stomach to be the villain of your own?
Not much.” — Jim Rohn. To be the hero of your own story, you need to have the stomach to be the villain of someone else’s sometimes. Not on purpose. Not out of anger, or spite. Not because you like to watch the world burn.
Are You the protagonist or antagonist of Your Own Story?
They’re the protagonist of their own story, and as your actions go against their desires, you become their natural antagonist. In your version of the story, you were assertive enough to pursue the best course of action for you, the hero of your own story, and that ruffled some feathers.