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Characters, emotion & viewpoint : techniques and exercises for crafting dynamic characters and effective viewpoints / by Nancy Kress.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Write great fictionPublication details: Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, c2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: 231 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1582973164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781582973166 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Characters, emotion, and viewpoint
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.3
LOC classification:
  • PN 3383 K92c 2005
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Contents:
INTRODUCTION: What Do Readers Want? 1 (4) CHAPTER ONE: Types of Characters-Assembling Your Cast 5 (14) CHAPTER TWO: Introducing Characters-First Impressions Count 19 (16) CHAPTER THREE: The Genuine Self-What Is She Really Like? 35 (16) CHAPTER FOUR: The Motivationally Complicated Character-But I'm a Mess Inside! 51 (16) CHAPTER FIVE: Showing Change in Your Characters-If I Knew Then What I Know Now 67 (11) CHAPTER SIX: Protagonists in Genre Fiction-From Lovers to Starship Captains 78 (15) CHAPTER SEVEN: The Humorous Character-All Bets Are Off 93 (11) CHAPTER EIGHT: Talking About Emotion-Dialogue and Thoughts 104 (15) CHAPTER NINE: Emotion Suggested-Using Metaphor, Symbol, and Sensory Details to Convey Feeling 119 (11) CHAPTER TEN: Special Cases of Emotion-Loving, Fighting, and Dying 130 (17) CHAPTER ELEVEN: Frustration-The Most Useful Emotion in Fiction 147 (11) CHAPTER TWELVE: Point of View-Whose Emotions Are We Sharing? 158 (15) CHAPTER THIRTEEN: First Person-I Saw It With My Own Eyes 173 (12) CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Third Person-See Dick Run 185 (20) CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Omniscient Point of View-Playing God 205 (8) CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Putting It All Together-The Fourth Persona 213 (10) APPENDIX: Checklist-Critical Points 223 (4) INDEX 227
Summary: Goes over the techniques that will help writers create characters and stories that won't be forgotten
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Includes index.

INTRODUCTION: What Do Readers Want? 1 (4)
CHAPTER ONE: Types of Characters-Assembling Your Cast 5 (14)
CHAPTER TWO: Introducing Characters-First Impressions Count 19 (16)
CHAPTER THREE: The Genuine Self-What Is She Really Like? 35 (16)
CHAPTER FOUR: The Motivationally Complicated Character-But I'm a Mess Inside! 51 (16)
CHAPTER FIVE: Showing Change in Your Characters-If I Knew Then What I Know Now 67 (11)
CHAPTER SIX: Protagonists in Genre Fiction-From Lovers to Starship Captains 78 (15)
CHAPTER SEVEN: The Humorous Character-All Bets Are Off 93 (11)
CHAPTER EIGHT: Talking About Emotion-Dialogue and Thoughts 104 (15)
CHAPTER NINE: Emotion Suggested-Using Metaphor, Symbol, and Sensory Details to Convey Feeling 119 (11)
CHAPTER TEN: Special Cases of Emotion-Loving, Fighting, and Dying 130 (17)
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Frustration-The Most Useful Emotion in Fiction 147 (11)
CHAPTER TWELVE: Point of View-Whose Emotions Are We Sharing? 158 (15)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: First Person-I Saw It With My Own Eyes 173 (12)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Third Person-See Dick Run 185 (20)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Omniscient Point of View-Playing God 205 (8)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Putting It All Together-The Fourth Persona 213 (10)
APPENDIX: Checklist-Critical Points 223 (4)
INDEX 227

Goes over the techniques that will help writers create characters and stories that won't be forgotten

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