Characters, emotion & viewpoint : techniques and exercises for crafting dynamic characters and effective viewpoints / by Nancy Kress.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Write great fictionPublication details: Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, c2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: 231 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1582973164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781582973166 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Characters, emotion, and viewpoint
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Characters, emotion & viewpoint.LOC classification:
  • PN 3383 .C4 K76 2005
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Contents:
What do readers want? -- Types of characters : assembling your cast -- Introducing characters : first impressions count -- The genuine self : what is she really like? -- The motivationally complicated character : but I'm a mess inside -- Showing change in tour characters : if I knew then what I know now -- Protagonists in genre fiction : from lovers to starship captains -- The humorous character : all bets are off -- Talking about emotion : dialogue and thoughts -- Emotion suggested : using metaphor, symbol, and sensory details to convey feeling -- Special cases of emotion : loving, fighting, and dying -- Frustration : the most useful emoting in fiction -- Point of view : I saw it with my own eyes -- Third person :see Dick run -- Omniscient point of view : playing God -- Putting it all together : the fourth persona.
Summary: Goes over the techniques that that will help writers create characters and stories that won't be forgotten.
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Includes index.

What do readers want? -- Types of characters : assembling your cast -- Introducing characters : first impressions count -- The genuine self : what is she really like? -- The motivationally complicated character : but I'm a mess inside -- Showing change in tour characters : if I knew then what I know now -- Protagonists in genre fiction : from lovers to starship captains -- The humorous character : all bets are off -- Talking about emotion : dialogue and thoughts -- Emotion suggested : using metaphor, symbol, and sensory details to convey feeling -- Special cases of emotion : loving, fighting, and dying -- Frustration : the most useful emoting in fiction -- Point of view : I saw it with my own eyes -- Third person :see Dick run -- Omniscient point of view : playing God -- Putting it all together : the fourth persona.

Goes over the techniques that that will help writers create characters and stories that won't be forgotten.

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