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Loading... Characters and Viewpoint (1988)by Orson Scott Card
None.  TeknoKat | Apr 3, 2013 |  This book really helped me understand why I'd use first or third person. The ending was helpful. The beginning was interesting. (  ) KJKron | Jul 13, 2011 | A useful examination of the process, elements, and techniques of characterization. I appreciated the way Card created quick, bare-bones fiction examples to demonstrate most of points he making, rather than referring to other books and/or stories which may be hard to find. Of the three sections, I found the last one (focused on the implementation of characterization and viewpoint) most useful. ( ) CKmtl | Nov 30, 2008 | Overall, this is a good book to start out with. It gives you plenty of things to consider, and OSC is good about giving examples so you can read the difference between style A and style B, which is incredibly helpful. This won't be the only character book I read though, but that said, I'm glad I have this one to refer to. For a full review, just click here: http://calico-reaction.livejournal.com/3339.html ( ) devilwrites | Apr 28, 2007 | Card's written a very good handbook here. There isn't much in the way of anectdotes or stories to keep you interested; this is a fairly bare-bones manual to the different types of viewpoint and characterization you can use, and the pitfalls of each. It can be hard to find writing books that actually give you useful information without a lot of fluff on the side, so this book is worth it if that's what you're looking for. ( ) danbarrett | Mar 14, 2006 | no reviews | add a review
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Characters are defined by their actions/reactions, motives, habits, talents and traits (note physical description is not necessarily implied).
Happy people are boring.
Be sure the bad guy (force of evil) is as strong as the good guy.
Show important moments in scenes, skim/tell everything else that is logically needed.
End story when first major source of tension is resolved. (