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YA-- Young people seriously interested in creative writing will find this manual for developing fictional characters a rich source of detailed information. Students can browse through the 17 chapters, each titled and annotated, without reading the book from cover to cover. Swain talks to his readers in a conversational tone, suggesting techniques, giving examples to illuminate his points, and offering activities for sharpening character development skills. This is a book for those already committed to writing fiction and who want to think about the craft of writing.

Joyce H. Jones, Mount Vernon High School, Alexandria, VA

Copyright 1991 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Book Description
Vibrant, believable characters help drive a fictional story. Along with a clever plot, well-drawn characters make us want to continue reading a novel or finish watching a movie. In Creating Characters, Dwight V. Swain shows how writers can invent interesting characters and improve them so that they move a story along.

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The core of character, experience tells me, lies in each individual story person's ability to care about something; to feel, implicitly or explicitly, that something is important. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unanticipated alternative, somebody deals, viewpoint character, other story people, dominant impression Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Sherlock Holmes, The Role of Roles, Sam Spade, World War, Creating Character, Denton Street, James Bond, Louis Warren, Nero Wolfe, New Mexico, Stephen King New!
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