Writing Great Villains: Why They Shouldn't Be Sympathetic
Writing great villains is about striking a balance between charming and evil, so we love them but also love to see them lose.

"How did real dinosaurs appear out of a VR video at a Dinosaur Theme Park?! Cha Tan timeleaps to the Cretaceous Period to find out why! He befriends a new secret dinosaur carbot there and gets embroiled in a ruckus around Poop Rock! Let's explore how the amazing adventure unfolds with Cha Tan and dinosaur carbots in the Cretaceous Period!"
Writing great villains is about striking a balance between charming and evil, so we love them but also love to see them lose.
What are we willing to walk through to see our dreams come to pass? Our minds might be so wholly alive with the passions we carry and the plans we make to see these things become all we wish them to be, yet life doesn’t always want to come alongside. Instead, obstacles arise, both physical and mental, which attempt to dissuade us or even prevent us from moving forward, stalling or stagnating the momentum to achieve what we desire. The age-old question remains….can we overcome? Or will we BE overcome?
‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ seeks to ask one question, “What do you do when your parents are the source of your pain?”
We, the Jane Austen aficionados, are suckers for everything and anything under the sun that’s remotely related to her and her world. That’s because we are so drawn to her unique style of fiction, romance, and social commentary, we take any allusion to her influence as a hint to what to expect when we start watching a movie or reading a book.
"There is something going on between us that I cannot unravel."
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.