Characters and viewpoint /
Card, Orson Scott, 1951-
Characters and viewpoint / Characters & viewpoint by Orson Scott Card. - Rev. ed. - Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, 1999. - 182 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Elements of fiction writing . - Elements of fiction writing .
Includes index. Cover title: Characters & viewpoint.
Inventing characters. What is a character? ; What makes a good fictional character? ; Where do characters come from? ; Making decisions -- Constructing characters. What kind of story are you telling? ; The hierarchy ; How to raise the emotional stakes ; What should we feel about the character? ; The hero and the common man ; The comic character : controlled disbelief ; The serious character : make us believe ; Transformations -- Performing characters. Voices ; Presentation vs. representation ; Dramatic vs. narrative ; First-person narrative ; Third person ; A private population explosion.
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Fiction--Technique.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Point of view (Literature)
Creative writing.
Ficción--Técnicas
Emociones en la literatura
Caracteres y características en la literatura
Ciencia ficción--Técnica
Arte de escribir.
Punto de vista (Literatura)
PN 3383 / C266c 1999
808.3
Characters and viewpoint / Characters & viewpoint by Orson Scott Card. - Rev. ed. - Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, 1999. - 182 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Elements of fiction writing . - Elements of fiction writing .
Includes index. Cover title: Characters & viewpoint.
Inventing characters. What is a character? ; What makes a good fictional character? ; Where do characters come from? ; Making decisions -- Constructing characters. What kind of story are you telling? ; The hierarchy ; How to raise the emotional stakes ; What should we feel about the character? ; The hero and the common man ; The comic character : controlled disbelief ; The serious character : make us believe ; Transformations -- Performing characters. Voices ; Presentation vs. representation ; Dramatic vs. narrative ; First-person narrative ; Third person ; A private population explosion.
9780898799279 (pbk) 0898799279 (pbk)
Fiction--Technique.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Point of view (Literature)
Creative writing.
Ficción--Técnicas
Emociones en la literatura
Caracteres y características en la literatura
Ciencia ficción--Técnica
Arte de escribir.
Punto de vista (Literatura)
PN 3383 / C266c 1999
808.3