This book provides solid instruction for persons who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and study about it. It gives the background, insights, and specific procedures needed by all beginning writers. Here one can learn how to group words into copy that moves, movement into scenes, and scenes into stories; how to develop characters, how to revise and polish, and finally, how to sell the product.
This is the book for writers who want to turn rejection slips into cashable checks.
This book provides solid instruction for persons who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and study about it. It gives the background, ...
"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....
"A jargon-free manual on the basics of developing interesting fictional characters"
Vibrant, believable characters help drive a fictional story. ...
Offers readers with the nuts-and-bolts of scripting for an array of audio-visual (AV) projects, whether it be a simple slide show, a multi-image presentation, a computer-based interactive program, or a major multi-area extravaganza.
Offers readers with the nuts-and-bolts of scripting for an array of audio-visual (AV) projects, whether it be a simple slide show, a multi-image prese...
