{"product_id":"character-creation-paul-tomlinson-9781731230140","title":"Character Creation: A Guide to Archetypes, Motivation \u0026 Emotion for Writers \u0026 Actors","description":"\u003cb\u003eCreate Larger-than-Life Characters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders and audiences love larger-than-life characters. Think of Hannibal Lecter, Captain Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth Bennet, Holly Golightly or Sherlock Holmes. But how do you create memorable story people like this?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e90% of a character, like an iceberg, exists below the surface. But you have to create that submerged content so that the part an audience sees can shine in the sunlight. Or spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharacter Creation\u003c\/i\u003e is not a 'how to write' or 'how to act' book - it is about doing the background work that enables you to bring a character to life. Here you will find three fundamental character personality archetypes - the primary colours of your character palette: the Warrior, the Thinker, and the Carer. And three 'hybrid' personalities that blend those three - the Crusader, the Artist, and the Adventurer. These six types are all you need to understand to create any character - including psychopaths, antiheroes, and rebels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo guide you in creating the three-dimensions of character - the physical, social, and psychological - each of the archetypes are explained in terms of a dozen key features.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo help you create heroes and villains there is detail about the dark and light side of each of the types - and why individuals end up on a particular side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo allow you to develop conflict or romance, friendship or feud, there is advice on which personality types attract one another and which ones will fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd there is a step-by-step framework for a character development arc that you can use to take your 'flawed hero' character towards a happy-ever-after or a tragic ending.\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese tools can be used to improvise a new character from scratch or to explore an existing character and fill in the 'missing pieces' of their background.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharacter Creation\u003c\/i\u003e draws on the work of Stanislavski and Laban, combining this with modern theories of human psychology and mental health to provide a detailed and complete framework for creating larger-than-life characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Tomlinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1731230141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781731230140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d","brand":"Paul Tomlinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44966257066239,"sku":"9781731230140","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8688d0fb-3520-4108-92f6-9e3b57d68a4b.jpg?v=1711159328","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/character-creation-paul-tomlinson-9781731230140","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}