Character: The Heartbeat of the Novel - Tapa blanda

Callan, James R.

 
9798201293376: Character: The Heartbeat of the Novel
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ISBN 13: 9798201293376
Editorial: Pennant Publishing, 2021

Sinopsis

"I’m impressed because it is absolutely the best book I’ve ever read so far on character development."

Ginnie Sienna Bivona, former Acquisition Editor and a former Publisher.

 

Some of the topics covered include:

  • The importance of selecting names for your characters
  • How to sculpt your characters
  • Considerations when planning a character for a series
  • The importance of character bios
  • Motivation and conflict
  • The power of eccentricity
  • Creating the four-dimensional character
  • Ways to make your characters memorable
  • Why you need a strong antagonist
  • Using internalization to show character
  • Points to consider when crafting a sidekick character
  • And much, much more

 

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Acerca del autor

After a successful career in mathematics and computer science, receiving grants from the National Science Foundation and NASA, and being listed in Who's Who in Computer Science and Two Thousand Notable Americans, James R. Callan turned to his first love-writing.  He has had four non-fiction books published.  He now concentrates on his favorite genre, mystery/suspense/thriller. His fourteenth book releases in February, 2021. In addition, he speaks at conferences and gives workshops on various writing topics such as character development, dialog, audiobooks, plotting, and the mystery/suspense/thriller genre.

He and his wife split their time between homes in northeast Texas and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. They have four grown children and six grandchildren.

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Editorial
Pennant Publishing
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 13 
9798201293376
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
114
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