TY - BOOK AU - Card,Orson Scott TI - Characters and viewpoint T2 - Elements of fiction writing SN - 9780898799279 (pbk) AV - PN 3383 C266c 1999 U1 - 808.3 PY - 1999/// CY - Cincinnati, Ohio PB - Writer's Digest Books KW - Fiction KW - Technique KW - Characters and characteristics in literature KW - Point of view (Literature) KW - Creative writing KW - Ficción KW - Técnicas KW - Emociones en la literatura KW - Caracteres y características en la literatura KW - Ciencia ficción KW - Técnica KW - Arte de escribir KW - Punto de vista (Literatura) N1 - 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 ER -