{"product_id":"9781599632698","title":"Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters \u0026 Viewpoint: Proven advice and timeless techniques for creating compelling characters by an award-winning author","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivid and memorable characters aren't \u003ci\u003eborn\u003c\/i\u003e: they have to be \u003ci\u003emade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author \u003cb\u003eOrson Scott Card\u003c\/b\u003e explains in depth the techniques of inventing, developing and presenting characters, plus handling viewpoint in novels and short stories. With specific examples, he spells out your narrative options—the choices you'll make in creating fictional people so \"real\" that readers will feel they know them like members of their own families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll learn how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDraw characters from a variety of sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake characters show who they are by the things they do and say, and by their individual \"style\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop characters readers will love—or love to hate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistinguish among major characters, minor characters and walk-ons, and develop each appropriately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChoose the most effective viewpoint to reveal the characters and move the storytelling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecide how deeply you should explore your characters' thoughts, emotions, and attitudes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"F+W Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138368159984,"sku":"9781599632698","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781599632698_p0.jpg?v=1763813948","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781599632698","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}