Fearsome Villainous character writing class - How to create a "VILLIAN" in story writing? It's frightfully exciting!
Lifelong Learning | Registration opens 1/8/2025 9:00 AM EST
Have you ever wondered what goes into creating a nasty villain character?
Or what makes a good (well developed) villain?
In this class, students will learn tips for creating spine-chilling, hair-raising villains, and well-rounded bad guys/gals. In addition, this course allows for both chilling independent story writing opportunities as well as working collaboratively to terrify their audiences. Students will delve, deep into unnerving realms of appalling characters that will give their readers nightmares.... AHHHHH scream!!
The course will focus on students thematically developing their villain, after understanding the story's theme. Then, students will ask themselves, why is my villain like this? This part of chilling is undoubtably for those with an insatiable appetite for building "emotional logic," and revealing their villain's visible and mental scars. Yikes, all while generating "superhuman" gifts and making them "unbeatable!" Do you dare to construct a new version of Frankenstein's monster? Come to the dark side...it's horrifying good!
Carrie Flickinger
Carrie Flickinger earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications and a minor in English from Duquesne University. Furthering her education, she obtained an M.A. in corporate communication from Duquesne University and an M.S. in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. She has extensive teaching experience teaching 6th and 7th grade English in MB, SC for 11 years, and has taught at local universities such as, Carlow, Chatham, Duquesne, and Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach. She is currently an adjunct in the communications, media, and technology department at LaRoche University. In addition, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in communication and rhetorical studies with a focus on Cyberspace. She has a three-and-a-half-year-old son, Liam with a lot of energy and zest for life and a new puppy, named Pauppie who has kept her in shape!