Writing the Intimate Character: Create Unique, Compelling Characters Through Mastery of Point of View - Couverture souple

Rosenfeld, Jordan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 144034602X ISBN 13 : 9781440346026

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2016

Synopsis

Craft Vibrant Characters and an Intimate Reading Experience

The key to excellent fiction lies in its characters: the unforgettable protagonists, antagonists, and secondary characters who populate the world of your story. Understanding and effectively using point of view allows you to write a powerful narrative that draws readers in and engages them with characters in a meaningful way. Through a blend of practical instruction, useful examples, and helpful exercises, Writing the Intimate Character shows you how to create the experience of living through a character rather than just reading about one.
Inside, you'll learn:

   • The functions and benefits of first-person, third-person intimate, omniscient, and second-person points of view.
   • How to apply character cues--specific behaviors, sensory perceptions, dialogue, and visual imagery--to develop a realistic protagonist and secondary cast.
   • The surface and subset feelings that get to the root of your character’s emotions.
   • How different viewpoints affect the story you want to tell.
Writing the Intimate Character helps you craft a novel in which readers can experience your characters' senses, dive inside their minds, and truly feel their emotions.

"Writing the Intimate Character, the latest engaging guide by Jordan Rosenfeld, is a rich resource we'll all be learning from for the rest of our lives. 'Does the term point of view seem too dull and dry?' she asks. 'Try intimacy instead.' And then she shows us how, with diverse examples and wise observation. Now that I have Jordan's take on how to create a character from the inside out, I'm eager to get to it. You, too, will find this book that inspiring." --Rebecca Lawton, author of Sacrament: Homage to a River and other books

"Writing the Intimate Character provides insights, examples, and exercises that will be useful not only to those who are new to writing fiction but to those, like myself, who are coming back to it after a break. Jordan Rosenfeld's explanation of how narrative voice works with point of view and other literary elements to create characters that readers care deeply about is clear and revelatory. The book can be worked through methodically or dipped into as needed. It's a useful tool for getting the gears of imagination working or for jump-starting and fine-tuning a work in process." --Zoe Zolbrod, author of the novel Currency and the memoir The Telling

"Jordan Rosenfeld has a keen insight into how to construct characters who are truly lived-in. With intelligence and wit, she walks you through every element of powerful characterization, from selecting your POV to demonstrating character growth throughout your story. Whether you're new to fiction or a more experienced writer, put your trust in Jordan Rosenfeld; she'll help you tell a better story." --Laura Bogart, freelance writer and novelist

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Jordan Rosenfeld is author of A Writer s Guide to Persistence, Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time, and the forthcoming Writing Deep Scenes (with Martha Alderson), all Writer's Digest books, as well as Write Free: Attracting the Creative Life (BeijaFlor Press, with Rebecca Lawton) and the novels Women in Red (Booktrope), Forged in Grace and Night Oracle. She is a former contributing editor to Writer's Digest magazine and her many publications include Alternet.org, Creative Live, Mental Floss, the New York Times, Publisher s Weekly, Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Post, XO Jane, The Writer magazine and many more. Her book commentaries have been featured on NPR-Affiliate KQED s radio magazine, The California Report. Jordan won an NEA chairman s grant for the radio program she created and hosted, Word by Word: Conversations with Writers on KRCB radio, in 2004, where she interviewed such writers as TC Boyle, Louise Erdrich, Aimee Bloom and more (it continues under a new host).

Jordan holds an MFA in creative writing and literature from Bennington College, and has worked as an editor and writing coach for more than 15 years through her business Write Livelihood. She considers herself the Writer s Cheerleader always pushing her students and clients to find joy in their work and keep at it. She also edits for Writer s Digest s editing and critique service, Second Draft.

Jordan presents and speaks annually at writer s conferences and clubs. She regularly teaches online writing courses through her own website, as well as through Writer s Digest University and leads a series of Plot & Scene retreats with Martha Alderson though their website: www.writerpath.com.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Of all the elements of fiction plot, dialogue, character, etc. point of view might be the most misunderstood, yet the most critical, to telling an effective story. In this new book, Jordan Rosenfeld makes POV as compelling and exciting as creating characters and developing plots by recasting it as a way to explore characterization in an intimate way, and dare we say it making POV sexy. By mastering point of view, writers aren t just learning the basic tenets of first-person, second-person and so on; they re discovering new ways to create intimacy between reader and character, and capture readers minds and hearts in the process.

This book transforms dull, didactic explanations of point of view by offering a system of character cues specific behaviors, sensory perceptions, dialogue, and visual imagery and breaks down character emotion into two easy-to-understand levels Surface Feelings and Subset Feelings. It also offers exercises for the writer to practice test-driving each point of view for a fully rounded, multisensory, layered emotional experience. The book provides fresh examples from best-selling literature to illustrate the various techniques.

Readers connect with characters whose senses they can experience, whose minds they can dive inside, and whose emotions they can truly feel. Writing the Intimate Character shows writers how to do all three.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 144034602X
• ISBN 13: 9781440346026
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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