Archetypes: Villains - Bad Boys & Bad Girls

Dates: April 12 - 23, 2004
Instructor: Tami Cowden

Course Description:

Fallen Heroes - the Sixteen Villain Archetypes

A villain is the hero of his own story - and is every bit as important as the heroic characters. This workshop examines the motivations of the 16 literary villain archetypes, and shows what happens when heroes and heroines turn to the dark side.

About the Instructor:

Tami Cowden (http://www.tamicowden.com) is a writer, teacher, and lawyer. She writes fiction and nonfiction and teaches fiction writing in live workshops and via the Internet. Ms. Cowden, once a practicing lawyer, teaches legal writing at the University of Denver College of Law. Ms. Cowden was born in Pennsylvania, moved to Arizona at the age of 17, is the mother of three children and step-mother of two adult children.