Create Backstory and Motive to Build Realistic Villains

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Using few words to say a lot is how suspense/thriller novelist <a href="https://lizlazarus.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Liz Lazarus</a> writes her kill-scenes. In one novel, it's only 5 words. Enjoy this edition of the Florida Writer Podcast as host <a href= "https://alisonnissen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alison Nissen</a> and Liz chat about leaving more to the imagination to build tension, finding mentors to help your writing journey, and using real-life stories to create villains. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liz Lazarus graduated from T</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">he Georgia Institute of Technology with an engineering degree and Northwestern’s </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kellogg Graduate School of Management with an MBA. Liz initially ignored the calling to become a novelist until her </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">first book wouldn’t leave her alone.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">She has since published 3 novels, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Free of Malice, drawn from Liz’s own experience; Plea for Justice; and Shades of Silence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more information about liz, visit her website at <a href="https://lizlazarus.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">lizlazarus.com</a></span></p>