Item Tag: Characters & Viewpoint

This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your imagination. Award-winning authorOrson Scott Card explains in depth the techniques of inventing, developing and presenting characters, plus handling viewpoint in novels and short stories.

This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your imagination. Award-winning authorOrson Scott Card explains in depth the techniques of inventing, developing and presenting characters, plus handling viewpoint in novels and short stories.

You’ll also gain insight into deciding how deeply to explore your characters’ thoughts, emotions, and attitudes. With “Characters & Viewpoint,” you’ll have the tools to create characters that resonate with readers long after they’ve turned the last page.