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Vivid and memorable characters aren't born- they have to be madeThis book is a set of tools- literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your imagination.Award-winning author Orson Scott Card explains in depth the techniques of inventing, developing and presenting characters, plus handling viewpoint in novels and short stories. With specific examples, he spells out your narrative options—the choices you'll make in creating fictional people so "real" that readers will feel they know them like members of their own families.You'll learn how to-.Draw characters from a variety of sources.Make characters show who they are by the things they do and say, and by their individual "style".Develop characters readers will love—or love to hate.Distinguish among major characters, minor characters and walk-ons, and develop each appropriately.Choose the most effective viewpoint to reveal the characters and move the storytelling.Decide how deeply you should explore your characters' thoughts, emotions, and attitudesVivid and memorable characters aren't born- they have to be madeThis book is a set of tools- literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your imagination.Award-winning author Orson Scott Card explains in depth the techniques of inventing, developing and presenting characters, plus handling viewpoint in novels and short stories. With specific examples, he spells out your narrative options—the choices you'll make in creating fictional people so "real" that readers will feel they know them like members of their own families.You'll learn how to-.Draw characters from a variety of sources.Make characters show who they are by the things they do and say, and by their individual "style".Develop characters readers will love—or love to hate.Distinguish among major characters, minor characters and walk-ons, and develop each appropriately.Choose the most effective viewpoint to reveal the characters and move the storytelling.Decide how deeply you should explore your characters' thoughts, emotions, and attitudes

Author Biography

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Vivid and memorable characters aren't born : they have to be made This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your imagination. Award-winning author Orson Scott Card explains in depth the techniques of inventing, developing and presenting characters, plus handling viewpoint in novels and short stories. With specific examples, he spells out your narrative options--the choices you'll make in creating fictional people so "real" that readers will feel they know them like members of their own families. You'll learn how to: Draw characters from a variety of sources Make characters show who they are by the things they do and say, and by their individual "style" Develop characters readers will love--or love to hate Distinguish among major characters, minor characters and walk-ons, and develop each appropriately Choose the most effective viewpoint to reveal the characters and move the storytelling Decide how deeply you should explore your characters' thoughts, emotions, and attitudes

Details ISBN1599632128 Author Orson Scott Card Pages 231 Publisher F&W Publications Inc Series Elements of Fiction Writing ISBN-10 1599632128 ISBN-13 9781599632124 Format Paperback Place of Publication Ohio Country of Publication United States DEWEY 808.3 Birth 1939 Year 2011 Short Title CHARACTERS & VIEWPOINT Language English Media Book Residence Greensboro, NC, US Replaces 9780898799279 Imprint Writer's Digest Books Subtitle Proven Advice and Timeless Techniques for Creating Compelling Characters by an a Ward-Winning Author Publication Date 2011-01-18 US Release Date 2011-01-18 UK Release Date 2011-01-18 Narrator Andy Full Cast Illustrator Ted Hammond Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, USA Position Department of Psychology Qualifications Ph.D. Edition Description 2nd edition Edition 2nd Audience General NZ Release Date 2011-01-17 AU Release Date 2011-01-17 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this

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