Characters, emotion & viewpoint : techniques and exercises for crafting dynamic characters and effective viewpoints /
Characters, emotion, and viewpoint
by Nancy Kress.
- 1st ed.
- Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, c2005.
- 231 p. ; 23 cm.
- Write great fiction .
- Write great fiction. .
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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