The Ultimate Villain Workbook

Create a villain readers love to hate, from first spark to downfall. The Villain Workbook has 8 sections: concept, identity, origin, motive, menace, villain vs hero, arc & ending and more villains.

Choose your format below. Each format is an instant download, and every format comes with the Recommended Resources for Authors PDF.

• Goodnotes & PDF: 67-page digital planner with clickable tabs, contents and back links; two designs: Classic and the colourful Pop design; printable US Letter versions of both designs.
• Microsoft Word: Editable Word document (.docx) with clickable contents; worked examples showing how each page is used; prints on A4 or US Letter.
• Notion template: Notion template you duplicate into your own workspace; linked dashboard and pages, with built-in databases and tracker tables; works on the free Notion plan, on desktop, tablet and phone.
• E-ink edition: Hyperlinked PDF made for e-ink tablets; larger text and high-contrast pages.

What's inside

8 sections, 67 pages in the PDF: Concept, Identity, Origin, Motive, Menace, Villain vs Hero, Arc & Ending and More Villains.

Know who made them

• Villain types, a two-page types guide and villains by genre
• Profile, naming, voice, habits, tells, traits and secrets
• Two pages of interview questions to answer in their voice
• Backstory timeline, the wound and the line they crossed

Give them a master plan

• Want and need, a moral code, fears and weaknesses
• Why They're Right: their case, in their own words
• The master plan, step by step, and how the threat escalates
• Henchmen, lair, villain scenes and the mistakes they leave

Villain and hero, head to head

• The Mirror: villain and hero side by side
• Where their goals collide, and how the villain sees the hero
• The Villain's Version: the story from their side
• A Who's Winning? chart, confrontations and the face-off

Plan the downfall

• Villain arc, the reveal and its clues, and the downfall
• Redemption?, a villain checklist and sequel hooks
• A roster to track every villain across your books
• Eight quick profiles for secondary villains

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