Creating Characters

by Swain, Dwight V.

• ISBN13: 9780806139180
• ISBN10: 0806139188
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-28
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Core of Character	p. 1
Searching Out Your Characters	p. 5
Labels, Labels	p. 15
Fleshing Out	p. 21
The World Within: 1	p. 33
The World Within: 2	p. 39
The Breath of Life	p. 53
Bent Twigs	p. 61
Wild Cards	p. 76
The Role of Roles	p. 88
The Light Touch	p. 108
The Right Words	p. 128
The Things They Say	p. 137
Variations on a Theme	p. 146
The Character Out of Time	p. 157
The Dynamics of Disbelief	p. 169
The Search for Zest	p. 182
For Further Reading	p. 187
Index	p. 189
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