Description
What makes a character interesting? How do you build a convincing character arc? Does every story have a hero? How many shades of villain are there? How does a writer bring their characters alive? In this timeless little book, lecturer Amy Jones describes the secret techniques that writers use to create their characters, along with their archetypes, backstories, motivations, modes of dialogue, habits, hopes, fears, flaws, frustrations . . . and eventual resolutions and redemptions.
Author: Amy Jones
Publisher: Wooden Books
Published: 03/15/2025
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 6.54h x 5.43w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9781952178405
ISBN10: 1952178401
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | Composition
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | Fiction Writing
- Computers | Programming | Games
Author: Amy Jones
Publisher: Wooden Books
Published: 03/15/2025
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 6.54h x 5.43w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9781952178405
ISBN10: 1952178401
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | Composition
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | Fiction Writing
- Computers | Programming | Games
About the Author
Amy Jones heads a leading English department in a Somerset college, where she lectures in language, literature, linguistics, and creative writing as well as poetry and narrative theory. She is also the author of Literary Devices, Plot, and Narrative in this series.