Tara Maya's Tales

Charles Euchner has several versions of his book out, but it’s worth overcoming any confusion this may cause to get your hands on a copy. When I bought the book it was called The Big Book of Writing, and in other editions it seems to have been called...

The question of whether evil is born or bred lies at the heart of many works of fiction. From Frankenstein to Harry Potter, glimpses of “villains’ ” or “monsters’ ” perspectives are usually given to provoke that discussion. Of course, there are also...

All stories need conflict, which implies two sides, protagonist and antagonist, or Good Guys versus Bad Guys, even if the “bad” in the story is not actually another person. The protagonist could be struggling against herself, or against her environment...

Bullies, Bastards & Bitches  is a great title for a book about Baddies, don’t you think?
Whereas Rayne Hall’s Writing About Villains provides plenty of checklists and nuts and bolts for your villains, Jessica Merrell excels at analysis and example. She dissects numerous villains from literature to show the various shades of evil, from wicked...