Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters & Viewpoint

<b>Vivid and memorable characters arent <i>born</i>: they have to be <i>made</i></b><br><br>This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars chisels mallets pliers and tongs. Use them to pry chip yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your imagination.<br><br>Award-winning author <b>Orson Scott Card</b> explains in depth the techniques of inventing developing and presenting characters plus handling viewpoint in novels and short stories. With specific examples he spells out your narrative options&#151;the choices youll make in creating fictional people so real that readers will feel they know them like members of their own families.<br><br>Youll learn how to:<br><br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;Draw characters from a variety of sources<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;Make characters show who they are by the things they do and say and by their individual style<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;Develop characters readers will love&#151;or love to hate<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;Distinguish among major characters minor characters and walk-ons and develop each appropriately<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;Choose the most effective viewpoint to reveal the characters and move the storytelling<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;Decide how deeply you should explore your characters thoughts emotions and attitudes