{"product_id":"creating-characters-how-to-build-story-people-paperback-softback-9780806139180","title":"Creating Characters; How to Build Story People (Paperback \/ softback) 9780806139180","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCreating Characters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow to Build Story People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDwight V. Swain (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806139180\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 February 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.29 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA jargon-free manual on the basics of developing interesting fictional characters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVibrant, believable characters help drive a fictional story. Along with a clever plot, well-drawn characters make us want to continue reading a novel or finish watching a movie. In \u003ci\u003eCreating Characters\u003c\/i\u003e, Dwight V. Swain shows how writers can invent interesting characters and improve them so that they move a story along.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\"The core of character,\"\" he says in chapter 1, \"\"lies in each individual story person's ability to care about something; to feel implicitly or explicitly, that something is important.\"\" Building on that foundation - the capacity to care - Swain takes the would-be writer step-by-step through the fundamentals of finding and developing \"\"characters who turn you on.\"\" This basic but thought-provoking how-to is a valuable tool for both the novice and the seasoned writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551740817688,"sku":"9780806139180","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/creating-characters-how-to-build-story-people-paperback-softback-9780806139180","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}