Creating Characters: How to Build Story People

A jargon-free manual on the basics of developing interesting fictional characters

Vibrant, believable characters help drive a fictional story. Along with a clever plot, well-drawn characters make us want to continue reading a novel or finish watching a movie. In Creating Characters, Dwight V. Swain shows how writers can invent interesting characters and improve them so that they move a story along.

"The core of character," he says in chapter 1, "lies in each individual story person's ability to care about something; to feel implicitly or explicitly, that something is important." Building on that foundation--the capacity to care--Swain takes the would-be writer step-by-step through the fundamentals of finding and developing "characters who turn you on." This basic but thought-provoking how-to is a valuable tool for both the novice and the seasoned writer.

Author: Dwight V. Swain
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 03/30/2018
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.02w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780806139180