I need your help at Writing. - How many Characters for my Villain Group?

[*Moonbaer*]

I think a few less would be good. 8-12. Look at Foxhound in MGS or whatever they're called
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Thanks man

 

[UnFuNnYmEmE]

Thanks man

make it 13 and call it baker's dozen

 

[Named User]

If you want the average use reader to be able to follow your story, you should think about “user experience” and not have to have them need notecards to remember who each character is. Plus, with fewer characters, you can flesh about each of their characterizations and personalities better. Maybe 3 villains max, unless if it’s a Russian tome.

 

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

Speaking of writing improvement in general; @Secret Asshole has a good thread on it

Tema 'Secret Asshole's Secret Techniques to Storytelling'

7 de Ene, 2022

I know I've promised to post this thread for awhile and the writing thread is extremely, extremely slow. So I figured I'd post how I developed my writing skills, techniques and things that may or may not make you a better writer. Please note, these are techniques and things that have worked exclusively for ME, so they may not work for you. If you're interested in something more universal, I always mention the 'snowflake' method of writing a novel. Its called the snowflake method because you start out like a simple triangle and then over time it becomes intricate like a snowflake. I'm not...

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Reacciones: x 24 x 18 x 13 x 3 x 2 x 1 x 2 x 1

 

[Tablet County]

Just follow the Tite Kubo approach to writing and make a new quirky group of characters whenever you run out of ideas.

 

[Belmont]

I've planned 15, but i'm not surevif thats too much. What do you think?

Depends on who is important. If they're all important it's too much. In some of the classic enemy Orgs there is usually a top man, your Blofelds, Rita the Witch so on. Every man involved needs to bring something to the table, either they have skill or control over an area. SHOCKER agents tended to rule parts of the world, SPECTRE Agents tend to have skills and access to things, even nukes.

My favorite shady group ruling the world from behind the scenes is The Technocracy from World of Darkness. Every paranoid fantasy you can think of they do.

 

[TEA 3HF]

15 is whatever. What race are they?

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

First: fix your capslock

 

[SwiftBucks]

Just follow the Tite Kubo approach to writing and make a new quirky group of characters whenever you run out of ideas.

Also to distinguish characters it's very important to give them defining traits. Eyepatches, canes, quirky hair, all excellent tropes authors rely on time and time again. Having them speak in various dialects and affectations also immerses the reader further into your story and paints you, the author, as worldly and erudite.

 

[spacko]

 

[Disastrously Dumb]

"I've planned 15 evil villains in the group

Theres,

Sepulcher The Denied One
Astrathoth The Depraved
Oriath The Fallen
Mephistoletes The Tempter
Xyvarth The Skinless
Niggath-Surr The Ebon/Black
Hyrung The Gluttonous
Isaac Goldberg The Debt Collector

..."

Yeah, 15 is way too much.

 

[Spectate]

why you should Connect with others or the Abyss gets you.

Can you elaborate on the Abyss? What do you mean by "gets you."

 

[Skelboen]

Xyvarth The Skinless

I volunteer for the role

Also do you have any examples of your writing to show? Trying to tell the stories of 15 different characters sounds disastrous if you can't even write for one. Write a 2-person story with a protagonist and antagonist to begin with, and go from there if it actually works. Don't dive head first into the deep end of Wizards & Shit when the pool is already too deep. If you try to emulate george or tolkien people are just going to pass you off as an imposter at best

What's the overall plot? Lay it out here and let us all build on it together

 

[*Moonbaer*]

Can you elaborate on the Abyss? What do you mean by "gets you."

The Abyss or the Void is a Force that destroys & anything, but the Twist is that you have to invite it. You have to throw away all Things that makes you human

 

[Tenshi Eating A Corn Dog!]

Monostar Leatherknuckles 2!

 

[*Moonbaer*]

I volunteer for the role

Also do you have any examples of your writing to show? Trying to tell the stories of 15 different characters sounds disastrous if you can't even write for one. Write a 2-person story with a protagonist and antagonist to begin with, and go from there if it actually works. Don't dive head first into the deep end of Wizards & Shit when the pool is already too deep. If you try to emulate george or tolkien people are just going to pass you off as an imposter at best

What's the overall plot? Lay it out here and let us all build on it together

The Plot is this : there is a Giant Door at the deepest Part of the Universe, where the worst Evil was locked away. The Door is hold by Faith in good, but the People around Cosmos turning into Apathic retard degenerate & so the Void grows & the Door starts Opening. The Protagonist is a Swordsman on a talking Donkey, who is called by the Wishes of the Children. He will close the Door

 

[Stabby_Pencil]

Are you going to write villain factions? Because 15 seems the amount for 3 factions of 5 characters in each faction.

 

[Skelboen]

The Plot is this : there is a Giant Door at the deepest Part of the Universe, where the worst Evil was locked away. The Door is hold by Faith in good, but the People around Cosmos turning into Apathic retard degenerate & so the Void grows & the Door starts Opening. The Protagonist is a Swordsman on a talking Donkey, who is called by the Wishes of the Children. He will close the Door

Have you ever read the Xeely Sequence by Stephen Baxter? You need to read it first to get a grasp of the terror that comes with the whole universe collapsing on a cosmic scale. Your protagonist sounds like Don Quixote mixed with Conan The Barbarian: The plot sounds like garbage but you have the chance to turn it into something fun. Do you have a google docs link to share it? I'm really interested

 

[Brown People are Gross]

Post an extract, we need to get a feel for this thing.

 

[*Moonbaer*]

Have you ever read the Xeely Sequence by Stephen Baxter? You need to read it first to get a grasp of the terror that comes with the whole universe collapsing on a cosmic scale. Your protagonist sounds like Don Quixote mixed with Conan The Barbarian: The plot sounds like garbage but you have the chance to turn it into something fun. Do you have a google docs link to share it? I'm really interested

Why is the Story Garbage? That's the fast summary. The Plot is that the Protagonist visits 14 Planets with diffrent kinds of Downfalls. In the Middle at Planet 6-7 it gets melanchonics like in the Slav Storys. The Universe is build like a Mobile