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# Creating Characters: The Complete Guide to Populating Your Fiction (Creative Writing Essentials)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very helpful
  

*by L***A on Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2023*

Used this to help update some of my character maps and it really did help. Most of the things that were in it I knew but just don’t put much thought into. But this book makes you stop and really consider a lot of details that we normally don’t think much on. Good way to make you characters well rounded and interesting.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Novel Writer Must Have
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2015*

I'm rereading this book, as I found it full of useful information for the rewriting process. I like that it was easy to skip chapters not relevant to my type of writing, and it is also a great reference-type book. This book has a front spot in my writing-book collection, and it is full of highlighted text and post its. This book is worth the money for any novel writer, no matter the level.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A treasure of advice on how to build fictional characters
  

*by P***S on Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2016*

What I liked best about this writing craft book is the variety of approaches to character development. This is not just one teacher’s view, nor one way to build your characters. We have over 20 authors’ advice. Screenwriter and novelist Chuck Wendig gives you “25 Things You Should Know about Character.” How the character is your vehicle through the plot, finding the 3 beats for your character, finding the darkness inside, and more. Novelist Joseph Bates discusses how external motivation and internal motivation achieves the conflict for suspense. James Scott Bell, best-selling suspense writer has got you covered on how to “Relate to Readers with a Lead Character.” How do you build sympathy for your character? There are 4 ways. How do you hook the reader on the first page? What are the rules for successful exposition? Bell has 3 you need to know and “do the iceberg” is one of them. I really loved this–so clear! What about character arc? Oh this one has 4 veteran authors showing you the path:  Joseph Bates, James Scott Bell, Jeff Gerke, Jack Smith. Everything from creating the character arc, to the arc within plot, to that critical moment of truth, and how to rethink the characterization using the direct method and the indirect method. Award-winning author and novelist David Corbett will show you how to “Push Your Character to the Limits.” His pages on the role of contradictions is five-star: Jungian psychology, the Shadow, and subtext. If you're a writer in need of help with learning everything you can about developing characters, this is a good one.

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