Creating Character: Bringing Your Story to Life
- ISBN-10
- 1087876605
- ISBN-13
- 9781087876603
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 134
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-04-02
- Author
- William Bernhardt
Description
All fiction is character-driven, according to William Bernhardt. How can you use characters to create dynamic fiction that will captivate readers? This book explains the relationship between character and plot, and how the perfect melding of the two produces a mesmerizing story.
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- 2018-02-28
- 240 pages
- Ebook
- Manchester University Press
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