This book is geared toward fiction writers who want to
create fascinating characters—characters readers want to take home for dinner.
Whether you want to create the next James Bond or Ethan Frome, the next Indiana
Jones or Bridget Jones... this book will help you break the mold on character
development.
My goal with this book, as with my classes, is to help you create 3-dimensional characters
everyone talks about. We'll examine different profiling modes, including The Hero's Journey, epic-literature archetypes, psychology models, and even spiritual archetypes. Emphasis is placed on building stand-out heroes, heroines
and villains. Depending on your genre, you'll also learn the appropriate type of
relationships to create between characters, both primary and secondary.
With this book you'll also learn to:
1. Answer 3 key questions about your main characters.
2. Apply the 5 “musts” for character introductions/entrances
to the story.3. Layer action effectively (internal & external, public & private) to “show, not tell”.
4. Build character development arcs (primary vs. secondary characters) more easily.
5. Leverage dialogue between characters (primary and secondary).
6. Understand how heroes/heroines/villains should interact for greater effect.
7. Know when heroes/villains should win or lose and why.
8. Make plotting easier through character-driven storytelling.
9. Choose the right POV character for the story.
Best of luck to my fellow authors and editors!
Your Editor Devil
Hi Christine,
ReplyDeleteI picked up both the Characters and the Dialogue books. They're too good to pass up. I'm looking forward to reading them, as I'm always interested in ways that I can make my writing stronger and richer.
Best of luck on sales!
Hi Christine. Just bought this book on Amazon! Really looking forward to reading it.
ReplyDeleteI see your posts on the RWC yahoogroups sometimes so that's what directed me to your site and your books.
Best of luck to you,
Andi Russell