EVIL LACKEYS - Terrible Writing Advice

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro to Evil Lackeys
00:40 What evil minions accomplish in a story
01:21 Henchmen are stoopid!
01:38 Mook tactics 101
02:42 Why are goons so dumb?
03:21 Get goons to get gud
03:52 Mooks are still stoopid!
04:35 Telling that minions are dangerous rather than showing
05:38 Mook villainy needs screen time
08:00 ““““““Elite”””””” Mooks
08:34 Snazzy minion uniforms
09:13 Lackey lacking characterization
10:10 Minion’s need a 401k plan or something
11:18 Ease up on the heroic sadism which is a sentence I never thought I would need to say
12:45 Stop having the “heroes” torture people :(
13:32 Comic relief cronies
14:24 Lackeys often have their storytelling potential unrealized
15:35 Sponsorship Wars
19:15- Outro

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