Creating Convincing Characters
eBook - ePub

Creating Convincing Characters

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Creating Convincing Characters

About this book

This book answers the question, "How do we go about inventing great characters that our readers will care about, root for, love, hate or fear?" Using friendly, accessible language, 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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. Preface: The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys…
  8. Chapter 1: Why are characters so important?
  9. Chapter 2: The character questionnaire
  10. Chapter 3: Walk-on parts and minor players
  11. Chapter 4: Character actors and major stars
  12. Chapter 5: What can we steal? Using real people
  13. Chapter 6: What can we steal? Types, archetypes and stereotypes
  14. Chapter 7: What can we steal? Birth signs and bumps
  15. Chapter 8: What can we steal? Learning from psychologists and psychopaths
  16. Chapter 9: Introducing a character
  17. Chapter 10: Character in action – why showing is better than telling
  18. Chapter 11: What makes him tick? Character motivation
  19. Chapter 12: Making your characters talk
  20. Chapter 13: What does your character think (and how does she think it?)
  21. Chapter 14: Who’s telling the story? Point-of-view and voice
  22. Chapter 15: Your character and their world
  23. Chapter 16: A rose by any other name
  24. Chapter 17: The villain of the piece
  25. Postscript
  26. Bibliography