As I've written in a previous blog, 'nothing makes a great story like a good villain.' So when spinning your tale for readers or the screen, what do you do when there's more than one bad guy? There are a number of scenarios in which a story will have more than one villain. Often, it will be a series of villains the hero(es) must work their way through to get to the main 'baddie'.
But what about when there's two prominent villains? How do they interact? Are they 'Master and Servant?' What about siblings or parent and child? How volatile is their alliance if any? Most important, what personality type of villain are they? Plotter, Strategist, Butcher or Nihilist?
Once you've figured those elements out, what are the villain's goals? Great villains may have intricate or no goals at all save to just be 'in the game'. Getting all that hashed out and integrated into your story in a compelling way is where the real work comes in. Here's a good article concerning who's 'Eviler than Thou' when it comes to writing multiple villains in a story....
Eviler than Thou
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