Also by Bill Johnson:
- Kernels to Storytelling Mastery
- The Combat Poets of Maya
- Mastering Story Structure - A guide for writing unforgettable plays
- A Story is a Promise & The Spirit of Storytelling
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Deep Characterization
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Published: Dec. 20, 2011
Words: 15,017 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452441757
Short description
Deep Characterization explores the difference between characters created to act out a story for an audience and characters created to act out a writer's internal dramas. A story written for an audience is a promise to take that audience on a story journey; a story written for the writer's own needs is a promise to transport him or her to the fulfillment of personal needs.Extended description
Deep Characterization explores the difference between characters created to act out a story for an audience and characters created to act out a writer's internal dramas. A story writtenfor an audience is a promise to take that audience on a story journey; a story written for the writer's own needs is a promise to transport him or her to the fulfillment of personal needs.
This work is meant to help writers who have been 'stuck' at a certain level of storytelling without understanding why.
The book is a great resource to help new writers understand why their stories are having the impact they want with an audience, or failing to have an impact.
The book includes a list of personality traits in writers that can translate into passive main characters in a novel. Passive, diffuse main characters are the number one problem in first novels, so this is really a must read for new writers.
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