TY  - BOOK
AU  - James,Steven
ED  - Writer's Digest Books (Firm)
TI  - Creating characters
SN  - 9781599638768
AV  - PN 3383 C912 2014
U1  - 808.3/97 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cincinnati, Ohio
PB  - Writer's Digest Books
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Technique
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Fictitious characters
KW  - Characters and characteristics in literature
KW  - Novela
KW  - Técnicas
KW  - Autoría
KW  - Arte de escribir
KW  - Caracteres y características en la literatura
KW  - Personajes ficticios
N1  - Part I. Getting started. 25 things you should know about character / by Chuck Wendig --  Character concepting / by Joseph Bates --  Choose a name wisely / by Nancy Kress --  Name-dropping / by Elizabeth Sims --  Introducing your character for the first time / by Jeff Gerke. Part II. Point of view. Whose emotions are we sharing? / by Nancy Kress --  What POV communicates about your story / by Alicia Rasley --  Dealing with multiple points of view / by Jordan E. Rosenfeld. Part III. Dialogue. Writing dialogue / by Hallie Ephron --  Dialogue that propels the story forward / by Gloria Kempton --  Using profanity and other raw talk in your fiction / by Elizabeth Sims --  The uhs, ands, and ers of dialogue / by Gloria Kempton. Part IV. Protagonists. The hero and the common man / by Orson Scott Card --  From zero to hero / by Dawn Wilson --  How to challenge your protagonist / by Larry Brooks --  Relate to readers with a lead character / by James Scott Bell. Part V. Antagonists. Creating an anti-hero / by Jessica Page Morrell --  The three-dimensional villain / by Donald Maass --  Amp up your antagonists / by Laura DiSilverio --  Sympathy for the Devil / by Jessica Page Morrell. Part VI. Supporting characters. Developing your supporting cast / by Joseph Bates --  The character hierarchy / by Orson Scott Card --  Crafting effective supporting characters / by Hallie Ephron. Part VII. Conflict. A character's emotional thread / by Jordan E. Rosenfeld --  Push your characters to the limits / by David Corbett --  Character objective and conflict / by Mary Kole --  Coping with conflict / by Rachel Ballon. Part VIII. Motivations & relationships. Motivation and realism / by Cheryl St. John --  Showing change in your characters / by Nancy Kress --  Romantic relationships / by Victoria Lynn Schmidt. Part IX. Character arcs. Creating a character arc / by Joseph Bates --  The arc within plot --  by James Scott Bell --  The knot / by Jeff Gerke --  The moment of truth / by Jeff Gerke --  Revising for strong character / by Jack Smith
N2  - Create characters that leap off the page--and into readers' hearts! Populating your fiction with authentic, vivid characters is a surefire way to captivate your readers from the first sentence to the last. Whether you're writing a series, novel, short story, or flash fiction, Creating Characters is an invaluable guide to bringing your fictional cast to life. This book is a comprehensive reference to every stage of character development
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