Villains. We all love to hate them. Everyone except me. I tend to completely ignore them, at least in my writing.

Last week one of my critique partners shared an article about ways to be evil in a children’s book. After reading the article I realized I don’t write villains. Rarely.  I have plenty of conflict. There is always something for the main character to overcome, but it’s rarely another person.

So this week I invented a villain. My first idea was too big. Maybe in the future I will work on that idea. I needed something else. I haven’t written any animals in a while, so I created an animal story. I have not one, but dozens of villains. Pretty much every animal in the forest.

I find it interesting that I don’t write villains. Is it that I don’t see people as bad? Maybe. Or does my brain just find sticky situations and personal demons more interesting to overcome. I’ll do some villainous thinking in the next few weeks and see what I come up with.