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Jerry B. Jenkins:
Enjoying Left Behind KIDS. Was this series always part of the plan? Also, if I can ask another question, after writing for the quintessential bad guy (Carpathia) is it easier or harder to write for villains? As villains go, Carpathia is top of the line (or bottom of the barrel) . The devil incarnate. Where DO you go once you arrive?
Jerry B. Jenkins
Not always part of the plan, but fairly soon after the first book came out. And yes, you can't top the antichrist for the ultimate villain. But I have written an entire blog post on writing good bad guys: https://jerryjenkins.com/what-makes-a.... Of paramount importance, they need real, credible, believable motivations. They can't be bad just because that's their role. They must have reasons that sound right, at least to them.
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If you could read one of your series from the reader's POV and not the author's, which would it be and why?
Lynn
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Jerry B. Jenkins:
What exact insight do you feel The Lord gave you in writing the Left Behind series? So much of what is in the books written 15 years ago is so exact to what's going on today. Including the government trying to run the media to the anti Christ or forerunner in the presidents office.
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