An edition of Creating convincing characters
(2014)
Creating convincing characters
by Nicholas Corder
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"We'll look at why great characters are vital to writers and a range of strategies from the simple listing of attributes to more complex ideas for creating fully realised, multidimensional characters with fascinating backstories."--Back cover.
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Introduction
Preface: The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys ...
1. Why are characters so important?
2. The character questionnaire
3. Walk-on parts and minor players
4. Character actors and major stars
5. What can we steal? Using real people
6. What can we steal? Types, archetypes and stereotypes
7. What can we steal? Birth signs and bumps
8. What can we steal? Learning from psychologists and psychopaths
9. Introducing a character.
10. Charactesr to action: why showing is better than telling
11. What makes him tick? Character motivation
12. Making your characters talk
13. What makes your character think (and how does she think it?)
14. Who's telling the story? Point-of-view and voice
15. Your character and their world
16. A rose by any other name
17. The villain of the piece
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