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Creating Characters|Dwight V. Swain

Creating Characters : How to Build Story People

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A jargon-free manual on the basics of developing interesting fictional characters

Vibrant, believable characters help drive a fictional story. Along with a clever plot, well-drawn characters make us want to continue reading a novel or finish watching a movie. In Creating Characters, Dwight V. Swain shows how writers can invent interesting characters and improve them so that they move a story along.

"The core of character," he says in chapter 1, "lies in each individual story person's ability to care about something; to feel implicitly or explicitly, that something is important." Building on that foundation--the capacity to care--Swain takes the would-be writer step-by-step through the fundamentals of finding and developing "characters who turn you on." This basic but thought-provoking how-to is a valuable tool for both the novice and the seasoned writer.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780806139180
  • ISBN-10: 0806139188
  • Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
  • Publish Date: February 2008
  • Dimensions: 8.97 x 6.02 x 0.59 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.69 pounds
  • Page Count: 208

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