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’:
đŸ™‚ Highly fun to play with.
tales of a fantasy scribbler 
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.)
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.
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.
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…
Haha! The “But Seriously, Villainy” article is awesome. Hello Kitty Vader is the scariest thing I’ve seen in a while.
Totally awesome links. I’m completely hot for the word cloud; had to try one for the novel.