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Dynamic Characters

By Nancy Kress

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
1582973199, 9781582973197, 0898798159, 9780898798159
LCC
PN3383.C4 K74 1998
Open Library ID
OL701870M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
914 kB (935507 bytes)
Pages
272\274
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In this guide, award-winning author Nancy Kress explores the crucial relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story. In teaching writers the fundamentals of creating characters that will keep their readers spellbound, Kress utilizes: Dozens of excerpts from well-known fiction; Enlightening exercises to help writers build strong characters starting from the outside-in; Beginning chapters that focus on the physical elements that comprise a character, providing techniques for using external qualities to reflect personality; Building skill upon skill, writers blend these qualities with emotional and mental characterization, forming multi-dimensional characters that initiate exciting action, react to tense situations, and power the plot from beginning to end.

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