Why should we write an Evil Twin story?
The concept is timeworn and reoccurring. The
evil other-half has been present in literature since at
least Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Sometimes it’s purely metaphorical, the concept of a reflection of
ourselves that is nefarious in nature. Sometimes it is a little more
literal, such as the evil crewmembers from the Star Trek episode
Mirror,
Mirror.
Even The Simpsons has done it. And the concept of an evil twin is not
at all foreign to comics, what with Bizarro, the existence of Earth-3, and other more obscure occurrences. If you write in serial, you'll likely encounter the evil twin.
So
this week, don your goatee, practice your maniacal laugh, and think
to yourself "What would an evil twin do?".
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