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The shark.  Dracula.  Draco Malfoy.  Cathy Ames.  Annie Wilkes,  Hannibal Lecter.  Jadis the White Witch.  Aren't these villains masterful creations, and don't they keep readers glued to the story?  Here are ideas on how we can create wonderful--is that the right word?--villains.  Also, we can keep our first-person narrator from being off-puttingly self-referential.

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