Echoes of the Criminal Mind - A Writer's Guide to Crafting Authentic Villains
From 10:15 am until 12:15 pm
At Hybrid Meeting in Person and On Zoom
101 Library Blvd, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Merle Davenport was sent to prison for teaching ... er ... he spent the last 25 years teaching inside prisons in Michigan and Oklahoma. His Master's and PhD studies centered around criminal thinking and recidivism. He has a passion for helping other writers hone their craft. For the past 5 years, he has served as President of the Tulsa NightWriters (about 200 authors). Their motto is "Writers helping writers be better writers."
Authors Website: https://www.mkdavenport.com/
Writers Group: https://tulsanightwriters.org/team/merle-davenport/
Echoes of the Criminal Mind - A Writer's Guide to Crafting Authentic Villains - offers writers an inside look at the psychology of real-life offenders—distilled into ten key traits that drive criminal thinking. Drawing from decades of firsthand experience teaching in prisons and conducting extensive research on criminal behavior, Merle Davenport equips storytellers with a research-based framework for building multidimensional villains.
