Creating Character: Bringing Your Story to Life

Name: Creating Character: Bringing Your Story to Life
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: William Bernhardt
ISBN: 9781987170375

Author: William Bernhardt

Series: Red Sneaker Writers Books #2

Narrator: William Bernhardt

Unabridged: 3 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Babylon Books

Published: 05/22/2013

Categories: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Writing

Synopsis

All fiction is character-driven, according to William Bernhardt, despite what you might have heard elsewhere. If your characters don't interest readers, even the most exciting plots will fail. "Action is character," Aristotle wrote, but what does that mean, and how can you use that fundamental principle to create dynamic fiction that will captivate readers? This book explains the relationship between character and plot, and how the perfect melding of the two produces a mesmerizing story. Using examples spanning from The Odyssey to The Da Vinci Code, Bernhardt discusses the art of character creation in a direct and easily comprehended manner. The book also includes exercises designed to help writers apply these ideas to their own work.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Troy

This was a good book but not a mind-blowing book. Falls into the trap a lot of these authors do where they write a book about a topic and most of their references are to their own books, which isn't necessarily bad, but some of these books reference examples from more widely known literature or film......more

Goodreads review by Yvonne

Full of practical information on how to bring your character to life. There is no filler in this book. Lots of practical help in developing a character that will hold the reader's interest. Gives lots of examples. Tells you what to do as well as what not to do. Even talks about point of view. Lots of......more

Goodreads review by Morgan (Turbo)

Recommended in the DM Guide for 5e so originally thought that it would be good for my villains. However the more I delved, the more I thought it’s really for the PCs. I love the idea of having a character as a metaphor and that a character must change over the telling of the story. I hope that the p......more

Goodreads review by Mark

This was an excellent book concerning characters. It had other things in there too. The approach was very different from some other books I have read and in some cases I like books that have conflicting recommendations. This one had some that conflicted with others and I still find them to be very v......more