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Creating Characters: How to Build Story People

By Dwight V. Swain

Book information

Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Year
1991
ISBN
089879417X, 9780898794175
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1923108 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
209\209
DPI
600
Time added
2013-04-21 16:45:40

Description

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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