Creating convincing characters
By: Nicholas Corder
Publisher: Compass
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ropley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781782791645; 9781782791638
Subjects: Rhetoric; Creative writing; Authorship; Characters and characteristics in literature; English language; Fiction
Description: "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.
Notes: Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Preface: The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys ...; title: 1. Why are characters so important?; title: 2. The character questionnaire; title: 3. Walk-on parts and minor players; title: 4. Character actors and major stars; title: 5. What can we steal? Using real people; title: 6. What can we steal? Types, archetypes and stereotypes; title: 7. What can we steal? Birth signs and bumps; title: 8. What can we steal? Learning from psychologists and psychopaths; title: 9. Introducing a character.; title: 10. Charactesr to action: why showing is better than telling; title: 11. What makes him tick? Character motivation; title: 12. Making your characters talk; title: 13. What makes your character think (and how does she think it?); title: 14. Who's telling the story? Point-of-view and voice; title: 15. Your character and their world; title: 16. A rose by any other name; title: 17. The villain of the piece; title: Postscript.