Dynamic Characters
How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated
by Nancy Kress
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In teaching writers the fundamentals of creating characters that will keep their readers spellbound, Kress utilizes dozens of excerpts from well-known fiction, along with enlightening exercises. In this guide, award-winning author Nancy Kress explores the crucial relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story.In teaching you the fundamentals of creating characters that will keep your readers spellbound, Kress utilizes:Dozens of excerpts from well-known fictionEnlightening exercises to help you build strong characters starting from the outside-inBeginning chapters that focus on the physical elements that comprise a character, providing techniques for using external qualities to reflect personalityBuilding skill upon skill, you blend these qualities with emotional and mental characterization, forming muti-dimensional characters that initiate exciting action, react to tense situations, and power the plot from beginning to end.
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Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated
June 15, 2004, Writer's Digest Books
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Dynamic characters: how to create personalities that keep the reader captivated
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"One of the first encounters your reader has with your character will probably come from the outside, especially if your novel is told in third person."
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Includes index.
From credits page: "Portions of this book have previously appeared as 'Fiction' columns in Writer's Digest magazine."
Dedication: "For my children, Kevin and Brian, who don't want to be writers but are pretty terrific anyway."
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