{"product_id":"creating-characters-dwight-v-swain-9780806139180","title":"Creating Characters: How to Build Story People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA jargon-free manual on the basics of developing interesting fictional characters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVibrant, believable characters help drive a fictional story. Along with a clever plot, well-drawn characters make us want to continue reading a novel or finish watching a movie. In \u003cem\u003eCreating Characters\u003c\/em\u003e, Dwight V. Swain shows how writers can invent interesting characters and improve them so that they move a story along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The core of character,\" he says in chapter 1, \"lies in each individual story person's ability to care about something; to feel implicitly or explicitly, that something is important.\" Building on that foundation--the capacity to care--Swain takes the would-be writer step-by-step through the fundamentals of finding and developing \"characters who turn you on.\" This basic but thought-provoking how-to is a valuable tool for both the novice and the seasoned writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dwight V. Swain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806139188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806139180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.02w x 0.59d","brand":"Dwight V. Swain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044110823679,"sku":"9780806139180","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_237f3690-2159-44b3-b4d3-6710a02e21ed.jpg?v=1684970999","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-characters-dwight-v-swain-9780806139180","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}