Characters & viewpoint
"To read an exclusive interview with Orson Scott Card visit writersdigest.com/article/card-interview."--Book Jacket.
| Main Author: | Card, Orson Scott. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cincinnati, Ohio :
Writer's Digest Books,
Ã2010.
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
| Series: |
Elements of fiction writing.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- What is a character?
- What makes a good fictional character?
- Where do characters come from?
- Making decisions
- What kind of story are you telling?
- The hierarchy
- How to raise the emotional stakes
- What should we feel about the character?
- The hero and the common man
- The comic character: controlled disbelief
- The serious character: make us believe
- Transformations
- Voices
- Presentation vs. representation
- Dramatic vs. narrative
- First-person narrative
- Third person
- A private population explosion.