Description: Creating Characters : How to Build Story People, Paperback by Swain, Dwight V., ISBN 0806139188, ISBN-13 9780806139180, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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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Book Title: Creating Characters : How to Build Story People
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Creating Characters : How to Build Story People
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Subject: Authorship, General
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 10.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Dwight V. Swain
Item Width: 6 in
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