Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets A Novelist Can Learn From Actors - Couverture souple

Collins, Brandilyn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0692438874 ISBN 13 : 9780692438879

Editeur : Challow Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Proven techniques for creating vivid, believable characters

Want to bring characters to life on the page as vividly as fine actors do on the stage or screen? Getting into Character will give you a whole new way of thinking about your writing. Drawing on the Method acting theory that theater professionals have used for decades, this in–depth guide explains seven characterization techniques and adapts them for the novelist s use.

In this unique and practical book, you ll discover concepts that will help you understand and communicate the behavior, motivation, and psychology of every fictional character you create. Examples from classic and contemporary novels show you how these techniques have been used to dazzling effect by Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Steve Martini, Anne Rivers Siddons, and others. These simple yet highly effective techniques will help you:

• Create characters whose distinctive traits become plot components
• Determine each character s specific objectives and motivations
• Write natural–sounding dialogue rich in meaning
• Endow your characters with three–dimensional emotional lives
• Use character to bring action sequences to exuberant life
• Write convincingly about any character facing any circumstance

Présentation de l'éditeur :

EDITION 2: Revised with some new material gathered through 13 years of teaching these concepts at writers conferences. ------------- Want to bring characters to life on the page as vividly as fine actors do on the stage or screen? Getting Into Character will give you a whole new way of thinking about your writing. Drawing on the Method Acting theory that theater professionals have used for decades, this in-depth guide explains seven characterization techniques and adapts them for the novelist’s use. You’ll discover concepts that will lead you to understand and communicate the motivation and psychology of all your characters. These highly effective techniques will help you: ~ create characters whose distinctive traits become plot components ~ determine each character’s specific objectives and motivations ~ write natural, meaningful dialogue that moves the story forward ~ endow your characters with three-dimensional emotional lives ~ use character motivation to bring action sequences to exuberant life ~ write convincingly about any character facing any circumstance

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Challow Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0692438874
• ISBN 13: 9780692438879
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 239