Creating Characters : How to Build Story People
Overview
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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Details
- 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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