Short & Junk: Villains in Fiction

Published: Sept. 11, 2015, 3 a.m.

lil_coyote asks:\xa0How do you go about making a villain that is believably evil enough to give the hero a run for their money while still being someone the reader has interest in and wants to read about? You\u2019ve set some epic villains loose in your plots, but they don\u2019t overshadow the heroes. I suppose I\u2019m looking to make sure my bad guy won\u2019t be flat without making him so big that he takes over the story.