Kress, Nancy.

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.

1582973164 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781582973166 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1240825 QBI

2004023471

GBA577387 bnb

013292072 Uk


Fiction--Technique.
Point of view (Literature)
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Characters and characteristics.
Emotions.
Fiction--Technique.
Literature.
Point of view (Literature)

PN 3383 .C4 / K76 2005