The Anti-hero – Walking the line between good guy and bad guy
I wrote this post when King of Bad first published. But I thought I'd run it now since I've written another anti-hero. Writing a good bad guy is an interesting journey. You're constantly wondering if you have enough badness for it to be believable, with enough goodness that your readers won't abandon him/her. The Anti-hero – Walking the line between good guy and bad guy Creating a villain as the hero turned out to be far trickier than I imagined when I first dreamed up the idea for King of Bad. Generally, creating the hero is easy. Some of the main character traits of a good hero are likability , relatability, believable flaws, true heart, clear mission/goal, honesty. Now let’s define the common character traits of a good villain. Cleverness, charm, understandable anger, good back story, deceit. The supporting villain characters in King of Bad came together easily because I could follow the good villain mold. We totally buy-in to