Create Complex Characters
How do you create a main character readers won't forget? How do you
write a book in multiple-third-person point of view without confusing
your readers (or yourself)? How do you plant essential information about
a character's past into a story?
Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by award-winning
author Nancy Kress answers all of these questions and more! This
accessible book is filled with interactive exercises and valuable advice
that teaches you how to:
- Choose and execute the best point of view for your story
- Create three-dimensional and believable characters
- Develop your characters' emotions
- Create realistic love, fight, and death scenes
- Use frustration to motivate your characters and drive your story
With dozens of excerpts from some of today's most popular writers,
Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint provides you with
the techniques you need to create characters and stories sure to linger
in the hearts and minds of agents, editors, and readers long after
they've finished your book.