How to Create Fictional Characters: All the Essential Steps Necessary to Create Successful Fictional Characters - Softcover

Saunders, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1902713168 ISBN 13: 9781902713168

Publisher: Writers' Bookshop, 2006

Synopsis

This work contains all the necessary ingredients for creating successful fictional characters. Starting with the most basic - choosing the right name - it shows you how to understand and get to know your characters, their conflicts, motivations and development. She then demonstrates the art of visual writing to get the most out of characters, using worked examples from the author's own novels. Other key steps include: achieving the human appeal, avoiding contrivances, a character checklist, creating tension and testing the strength of your characters. No one can write a successful novel without creating the right characters and this practical guide shows you how to do so step-by-step.

About this title

Synopsis

In this new addition to the "Writers' Bookshop" series, successful romantic novelist, Jean Saunders has defined all the necessary ingredients for creating successful characters. Starting with the most basic - choosing the right name - she shows you how to understand and get to know your characters, their conflicts, motivations and development. She then demonstrates the art of visual writing to get the most out of them, using worked examples from her own novels. Other key steps include: achieving the human appeal; avoiding contrivances; a character checklist; creating tension; and testing the strength of your characters. No one can write a successful novel without creating the right characters and this practical and easy guide shows you how to do so, step by step.

About the Author

Jean Saunders has written over 600 short stories and more than 100 novels of various types including sagas and crime. She writes under her own name, and as Rachel Moore, Rowena Summers and other pen names. She writes a regular column on short story writing for Writers' News, and is in demand as a lecturer at conferences and on cruise ships. A past Chairman of the Romantic Novelists Association, Jean has been short-listed for the Romantics Novel of the Year Award, and she takes an active interest in everything to do with writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Writers' Bookshop
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1902713168
• ISBN 13: 9781902713168
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150