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Holly Lisle's Create a Character Clinic

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Are you selling your fiction yet?

Editors reject most books because the characters fall flat. Full-time professional novelist Holly Lisle offers her method for creating and writing compelling fictional characters that sell to editors ... and readers.

Includes:

* What makes a character interesting
* Techniques for giving your characters compelling needs that resonate with readers
* How to use the seven critical areas of character development to prevent "cardboard characters" and address areas of your characters' lives you've never considered before
* Techniques for developing characters' individual voices
* Three ways of presenting your character, with proven techniques in each
* Fifteen deadly sins writers commit with their characters, and how you can avoid them -- or better yet, turn them to your advantage and use them to surprise, excite, and delight your readers

Language: English

Pages: 153

Format: 8.5" x 11", coil binding, black and white interior ink

Publisher: One More Word Books

Release: September 19, 2022

Holly Lisle's Create a Character Clinic

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Are you selling your fiction yet?

Editors reject most books because the characters fall flat. Full-time professional novelist Holly Lisle offers her method for creating and writing compelling fictional characters that sell to editors ... and readers.

Includes:

* What makes a character interesting
* Techniques for giving your characters compelling needs that resonate with readers
* How to use the seven critical areas of character development to prevent "cardboard characters" and address areas of your characters' lives you've never considered before
* Techniques for developing characters' individual voices
* Three ways of presenting your character, with proven techniques in each
* Fifteen deadly sins writers commit with their characters, and how you can avoid them -- or better yet, turn them to your advantage and use them to surprise, excite, and delight your readers

Language: English

Pages: 153

Format: 8.5" x 11", coil binding, black and white interior ink

Publisher: One More Word Books

Release: September 19, 2022

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