villainous links, and a fun text tool
Browsing the internet yesterday and today, I’ve found a few fun links that I thought to share.
But Seriously, Villainy, taken from Steve Malley’s blog. A pictoral list of villains, most in the style of despair.com, and a hilarious read.
Developing Villainous Characters, part 1, on Belinda’s blog (Worderella Writes). Only half of my villains fit in with the beginning stereotype on the links listed, but still link-worthy.
And then, I found wordle.net. Enter in a bunch of text, and it makes a pretty spiffy looking word cloud based on the most common words (excepting and, the, was, and the like). So far, I know for a fact that it can take at least 65 thousand words.
Here’s the word cloud for ‘Blue Crystal’:
Highly fun to play with.
Belinda said,
June 24, 2008 at 10:48 am
Hey Eliza, thanks for the ping! Glad you found my post fun to read. (Also, I’m sure your villains probably don’t fit the stereotypes since I picked romance/suspense authors and their versions of villains.)
Diane Gallant said,
June 24, 2008 at 11:10 am
Great villain links! In fact I was thinking that my villains aren’t nearly villainous enough, and I need to find ways to make them nastier.
elizaw said,
June 24, 2008 at 11:30 am
Make them nastier? Alright. Do this then– let them win.
Not entirely, perhaps. But no bad habits or cringe-worthy hobbies can really compare to a villain that is efficient enough to hurt the hero. Efficiency is the best trait you can give them.
aldersgatecycle said,
June 24, 2008 at 4:19 pm
I’ve been avoiding that wordle.net site all week… and of course I had to click on it this afternoon. Almost distracted me entirely from work. Also, made me realize I use the word “something” way too much in the novel. How awfully boring! And it seems to take at least 77,000 words…
Saint Know-All said,
June 25, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Haha! The “But Seriously, Villainy” article is awesome. Hello Kitty Vader is the scariest thing I’ve seen in a while.
Ashley said,
June 27, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Totally awesome links. I’m completely hot for the word cloud; had to try one for the novel.