Character: The Heartbeat of the Novel - Softcover

Callan, James R.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798201293376

Verlag: Pennant Publishing, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

"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

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den 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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pennant Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798201293376
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 114
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland