Character: The Heartbeat of the Novel - Couverture souple

Callan, James R

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798201293376

Editeur : Pennant Pub., 2021

Synopsis

"I'm impressed because it is absolutely the best book I've ever read so far on character development."

Ginnie Sienna Bivona, former Acquisition Editor and a former Publisher.

Some of the topics covered include:

• The importance of selecting names for your characters
• How to sculpt your characters
• Considerations when planning a character for a series
• The importance of character bios
• Motivation and conflict
• The power of eccentricity
• Creating the four-dimensional character
• Ways to make your characters memorable
• Why you need a strong antagonist
• Using internalization to show character
• Points to consider when crafting a sidekick character
• And much, much more

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

After a successful career in mathematics and computer science, receiving grants from the National Science Foundation and NASA, and being listed in Who's Who in Computer Science and Two Thousand Notable Americans, James R. Callan turned to his first love-writing. He has had four non-fiction books published. He now concentrates on his favorite genre, mystery/suspense/thriller. His fourteenth book releases in February, 2021. In addition, he speaks at conferences and gives workshops on various writing topics such as character development, dialog, audiobooks, plotting, and the mystery/suspense/thriller genre.

He and his wife split their time between homes in northeast Texas and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. They have four grown children and six grandchildren.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pennant Pub.
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798201293376
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 114
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Allemagne