Collins, Brandilyn
Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors
- ISBN 13:
- 9780692438879
- author:
- Collins, Brandilyn
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Challow Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 15.2 x 1.5 x 22.9 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Reference & Language, Writing Skills, Arts & Photography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors by Brandilyn Collins offers a unique approach to character development for writers. By adapting the principles of Method Acting, this guide provides seven characterization techniques that can help you bring your characters to life on the page.
Discover how to create characters with distinctive traits that drive the plot forward, determine their specific objectives and motivations, and write natural dialogue that moves the story forward. You'll also learn how to endow your characters with three-dimensional emotional lives and use character motivation to make action sequences more compelling.