Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated

Kress, Nancy

ISBN 10: 1582973199 / ISBN 13: 9781582973197

Published by Writers Digest Books, 2004

About this Item

264 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582973199
• ISBN 13: 9781582973197
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.48 kilograms

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Synopsis

A truly unforgettable story is defined by its characters. Their motivations, their changes, their actions compel us to read on, anxiously trying to discern what will happen next.

In Dynamic Characters, award-winning author and Writer's Digest columnist Nancy Kress explores the fundamental relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story.

Kress balances her writing instruction with hands-on checklists to help you build strong characters from the outside in. Blending physical, emotional and mental characterization, you'll learn to create characters that initiate exciting action, react to tense situations, make physical and emotional transformations, and power the plot from beginning to end.

About the Author

Nancy Kress is the author of a number of books of fiction, including Beggars in Spain, which won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards. She is also the author of Writer's Digest's Beginnings, Middles & Ends. Nancy lives in Silver Springs, Maryland.