by NancyKress (Author)
In Dynamic Characters, award-winning author and Writer's Digest columnist Nancy Kress explores the fundamental relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story. Kress balances her writing instruction with hands-on check-lists to help you build strong characters from the outside in. Blending physical, emotional and mental characterization, you'll learn to create characters that initiate exciting action, react to tense situations, make physical and emotional transformations, and power the plot from beginning to end.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Walking Stick Press
Published: 01 Mar 2001
ISBN 10: 0898798159
ISBN 13: 9780898798159