An effective fictional villain has, to my mind, one essential characteristic. The villain should build up in the reader a passionate desire for his or her comeuppance.
How to Develop Villainous Characteristic Traits in Your Writing
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Nice posts! It helps in evaluating some of my stories’ villains.