Characters in Search of an Author (Paperback)

by Billie, A Williams (Author)

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Product Description
Building a character from the ground up is simple. Building a memorable, living, breathing human being is a most daunting and complicated task... until now. With her trademark candor and unparalleled teaching style, Billie A. Williams, master character-builder and prolific freelance writer, reveals a cornucopia of character-building tips, tricks, and tools you can master in one afternoon. Now you can breathe life into the characters you create and enjoy the fulfillment of lively stories that can be retold for generations. With these tools, your characters can become the stuff of legend; memorable, entrancing, exasperating, lovable, unforgettable.

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Filbert Publishing; New title edition (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932794158
• ISBN-13: 978-1932794151
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,973,089 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Source for would be writers!!, May 6, 2007

By	Jo Ann L. Lutze "reading granny" (Wausau, Wi USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book has all the character traits that anyone could want to explore for their books. You could get some really twisted people or some really good people depending on what you want.
The exercises work really well for character developement practice and are worth trying even if you aren't sure you want to write a book. They will expand your imagination if nothing else.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable resource, July 29, 2007

By	Linda Elmi - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Reading Characters in Search of an Author by Billie A. Williams is full of tips that will help writers wishing to create characters that will captivate an audience.
Williams shows how to create believable, consistent and reliable characters throughout her book. Each chapter provides different methods on how to do this. Activities such as interviewing your character, creating detailed profile and statistics sheets will help the writer breathe life into their characters while keeping track of all of the details.
Williams also provides solutions to problems such as dialogue writing, toning down a character that is too happy or adding depth to one that is lacking personality in easy to read charts.
Assisting the writer further, Williams provides exercises at the end of each chapter to help anchor what was just read.
The book is interesting and fun to read, assisting those starting to create a character or those looking to add depth to characters already created.