Creating Characters: How to Build Story People
by Dwight V. Swain
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Author: Dwight V. SwainEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-28
ISBN: 0806139188
Number of pages: 195
Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd)
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Book Review: Terrific tutor
Summary: 5 Stars
Although this is a required text book for my Short Story Writing class, it is very helpful and interesting. Full of ideas on how to create characters and get fresh ideas, build and personalize and make characters human. Great choice for my class.
Summary of Creating Characters: How to Build Story People
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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