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Creating Characters: How to Build Story People

by Dwight V. Swain

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A jargon-free manual on the basics of developing interesting fictional charactersVibrant, 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 ... Read more

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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File size9 X 5.9 X 0.6 in
Print pages208
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
Publication date February 15, 2008
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780898794175
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Dwight V. Swain
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Born in Rochester, Michigan, The United States November 17, 1915 Died: January 01, 1992 Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction Dwight Vreeland Swain's first published s...

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