Arch-Enemies

How to Build an Epic Rivalry for Your Hero and Villain

Sherlock Holmes & Moriarty. Harry Potter & Voldemort. Batman & The Joker.

There's a reason each of these heroes - and their arch-enemies - have legions of obsessive fans.

Doesn't your hero (and your villain!) deserve that too?

When you design the hero-villain relationship around the emotional journey of your story:

  • Your hero's interactions with the villain drive the main conflict and create natural complications that generate reader tension
  • Your villain brings out both the best and the worst in your hero, deepening characterization
  • Everything your villain does triggers your hero's inner conflict, forcing your hero to grow
  • As the hero-villain relationship evolves, the stakes naturally get higher
  • Everything the villain does increases reader empathy for your hero

Most important of all, a perfectly-designed hero-villain relationship makes everything that happens in the story personal...

...for your characters and for your readers.

You'll learn:

  • The #1 must-have trait of villains that readers love to hate
  • The 6 characteristics of truly terrifying villains
  • The 3 goal configurations that force your hero and villain into conflict with each other
  • How to test your hero's and villain's goals, to be sure they're in strong opposition
  • The 3 types of stakes you must establish for your hero
  • 4 potential sources of psychological conflict to complicate your hero's relationship with their nemesis
  • 10 tricks for creating powerful chemistry between two characters (you'll learn both how romance writers use them, and how to adapt them for platonic relationships)
  • 12 powerful relationship dynamics to add depth, intensify internal conflict, and deepen characterization for both your hero and your villain
  • and more!


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You'll get:

  • 18 lessons delivered in video and downloadable audio, so you can watch or listen, so you can learn the way that's easiest for you.
  • 13 worksheets to help you design your hero's and villain's epic rivalry, one step at a time.
  • 56-page course ebook that contains all the slide content in a format that's easy to print and refer to later.

And as always, if you've got any questions about how to apply the concepts to your story, you can always email me. I want you to be able to take this method and run with it...all the way to the top of Amazon's bestseller lists.

If you've ever taken a course from me, you know that I don't dump a bunch of theory on you and leave you to figure out the "how" for yourself.

I teach practical, step-by-step methods that you can use immediately. If you do the exercises for each lesson, you'll have a blueprint for the epic rivalry between your hero and your villain at the end of the course.

BONUS: This course focuses on the hero-villain relationship, but you can use any one of these techniques to intensify and deepen the relationship between any two characters in your story:

  • Create deep character bonding between the two leads in your buddy story
  • Turn up the heat in any romance subplot, without distracting from the main story line
  • Bring to life any two characters in your story world through their relationship

Imagine readers racing to Amazon to pre-order your newest book as soon as they hear about it—because they can’t wait to find out what your villain has up his sleeve.

Imagine the emails from fans, begging you for the next book in your series—because they’re dying to know if your hero’s going to lose his soul while he saves the world.

Imagine readers loving your characters so much, they send you cosplay pics of themselves dressed as your hero and villain—because they love the stories you wrote so much, they want to live in them.

When you nail the hero-villain relationship, your story has that something-special that turns readers into superfans.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to spin a web of character relationships that captures readers' attention and makes them want to get stuck in your story world.

Best wishes,

Bonnie

P.S. If you're ready to learn the secrets of creating relationship conflicts that sizzle and spark (and give birth to compelling story conflicts!), don't wait and miss out...

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Your Instructor


Bonnie Johnston
Bonnie Johnston

Bonnie Johnston is a writing mentor and award-winning author with a passion for teaching fiction writers how to increase the emotional impact of their stories to turn readers into fans.

She blogs at Write Smarter, Not Harder, where you can download her free ebook, Editing for Story.

She's also the author of The 30 Day Novel Workbook, The 30 Day Romance Novel Workbook, and The Writer's Guide to Getting Organized.

Bonnie would love to teach you her methods for plotting organically, creating archetypal characters, planning a series, making setting a character in your story, and much more.


Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.