Creating Characters: How to Build Story People
- ISBN-10
- 0806139188
- ISBN-13
- 9780806139180
- Series
- Creating Characters
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-02-01
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Author
- Dwight V. Swain
Description
A jargon-free manual on the basics of developing interesting fictional characters 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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Other editions
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- 2012-11-28
- 208 pages
- Ebook
- University of Oklahoma Press
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- 2014-11-01
- 352 pages
- Paperback
- Penguin
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- 2011-01-14
- 256 pages
- Ebook
- McFarland
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- 2005
- 233 pages
- Paperback
- Michael Wiese Productions
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