{"product_id":"2940153712932","title":"Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up: A Thorough Primer for the Writers of Fiction and Nonfiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs Martha Engber states in the introduction of Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up: A Thorough Primer for the Writers of Fiction and Nonfiction, character development is the most important facet of any character-based book, because “readers won’t follow for long if they find the people you're writing about dull, one-dimensional or unbelievable.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Ms. Engber explains to aspiring writers of both fiction and nonfiction how the process of growing not just good, but great, characters can be — and should be —as natural and organic as growing a plant from seed to maturation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter listing the three attributes of a great character, Ms. Engber goes on to teach writers the step-by-step process of how to develop characters from start to finish. The book lists 70 examples from past and present literature covering a wide variety of genres to illustrate key concepts. Each chapter ends with exercises, which if followed, are designed to help readers grow their own characters. The book ends with a glossary, sample query letter and list of questions that can be used during the editing process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA journalist by training and freelance writer and editor by profession, Ms. Engber is the author of The Wind Thief, a novel. Besides hundreds of articles published by the Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Inside Karate Magazine and other national magazines, she's had a play produced in Hollywood as well as short stories, essays and poetry published in Watchword, Anthology, Bookpress, the Berkeley Fiction Review and other literary journals and anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martha Engber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082160718064,"sku":"2940153712932","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153712932_p0.jpg?v=1764054646","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153712932","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}