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Characters, emotion & viewpoint, techniques and exercises for crafting dynamic characters and effective viewpoints, by Nancy Kress

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Characters, emotion & viewpoint, techniques and exercises for crafting dynamic characters and effective viewpoints, by Nancy Kress

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Characters, emotion & viewpoint

Responsibility statement

by Nancy Kress

Series statement

Write great fiction

Sub title

techniques and exercises for crafting dynamic characters and effective viewpoints

Table Of Contents

What do readers want? -- Types of characters : assembling your cast -- Introducing characters : first impressions count -- The genuine self : what is she really like? -- The motivationally complicated character : but I'm a mess inside -- Showing change in tour characters : if I knew then what I know now -- Protagonists in genre fiction : from lovers to starship captains -- The humorous character : all bets are off -- Talking about emotion : dialogue and thoughts -- Emotion suggested : using metaphor, symbol, and sensory details to convey feeling -- Special cases of emotion : loving, fighting, and dying -- Frustration : the most useful emoting in fiction -- Point of view : I saw it with my own eyes -- Third person :see Dick run -- Omniscient point of view : playing God -- Putting it all together : the fourth persona

Target audience

adult

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Characters, emotion, and viewpoint

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