How to Create Fictional Characters: All the Essential Steps Necessary to Create Successful Fictional Characters

Saunders, Jean

ISBN 10: 1902713168 / ISBN 13: 9781902713168

Published by Writers' Bookshop, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Create Fictional Characters: All the Essential Steps Necessary to Create Successful Fictional Characters
• Publisher: Writers' Bookshop
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1902713168
• ISBN 13: 9781902713168
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

This work contains all the necessary ingredients for creating successful fictional characters. Starting with the most basic - choosing the right name - it shows you how to understand and get to know your characters, their conflicts, motivations and development. She then demonstrates the art of visual writing to get the most out of characters, using worked examples from the author's own novels. Other key steps achieving the human appeal, avoiding contrivances, a character checklist, creating tension and testing the strength of your characters. No one can write a successful novel without creating the right characters and this practical guide shows you how to do so step-by-step.