February 25, 2022
Writing Exercise: Create Your Own Villain
“Mwahahaha, a new villain comes to life! All you mortals are utterly doomed!” This writing activity allows you to create a new super villain to wreak mayhem upon the world. Allow your mind to spread its creativity by inventing a bad guy of your very own.Some questions to ponder: What is their name? What is their prowess? What are their weaknesses? What led them to choose the path of evil? What is daily life like for them? Do they have an enemy? And what are their intentions? Write a story of your villain’s life and struggles, or if you prefer you may simply write a listicle on their basic information. I’ve filled out information on one of my own fictional villains as an example. – Villain Name: Walking Shadow (Male)– Power: He astral projects himself and takes the form of other people’s shadows. His victims are oblivious to the fact that their shadow isn’t really their own. He also is a master in illusion, putting his victims in a trance or possessing their bodies. He slays his victims and steals their spoils.– Weakness: When he is in his shadow form, darkness is his weakness. Shadows die in the dark, they can only reside in the light.– Why he is evil: Walking Shadow was profoundly bullied and teased for a condition he could not control. Every day, he received visions that nobody else believed, and sometimes something would take over his body and make him chant in an unknown language.– Daily Life: His daily life is like everyone else’s, but because of his disability, he has a remote job editing journals. Unlike most villains, he is stealthy in concealing his true self.
—Conner Tuthill