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Creating Character: Bringing Your Story to Life (Red Sneaker Writers Books) by William Bernhardt
dreamerfreak's review against another edition
5.0
I'm not a serious writer; that is, I don't ever intend on being published. I write for fun, as a hobby. But's it's something I enjoy, and so want to excel at. And this is a great book for any level writer.
Bernhardt knows what he's talking about. In nine short chapters he covers all the basics of characters, with short helpful exercises at the end of each chapter. Following along with these gave me some great insight into my main character for the story I'm writing for NaNoWriMo. I'm going to have to go through this again for my second "main" character and antagonist before then!
Bernhardt has a clear-cut and direct voice that is easy to read and understand. He makes concepts that might be abstract and difficult otherwise, such as character arc, easy to grasp with vivid examples and plain speaking. I'm definitely going to be checking out the rest of the books in this series, hopefully before November. I'll take all the help I can get. :D There's also a really good chance I'll be looking up [a:William Bernhardt|85988|William Bernhardt|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1348964135p2/85988.jpg]'s fiction...
[I received this book for free through First Reads and was not required to write a positive or any other type of review. All opinions stated herein are solely my own.] (less)
Bernhardt knows what he's talking about. In nine short chapters he covers all the basics of characters, with short helpful exercises at the end of each chapter. Following along with these gave me some great insight into my main character for the story I'm writing for NaNoWriMo. I'm going to have to go through this again for my second "main" character and antagonist before then!
Bernhardt has a clear-cut and direct voice that is easy to read and understand. He makes concepts that might be abstract and difficult otherwise, such as character arc, easy to grasp with vivid examples and plain speaking. I'm definitely going to be checking out the rest of the books in this series, hopefully before November. I'll take all the help I can get. :D There's also a really good chance I'll be looking up [a:William Bernhardt|85988|William Bernhardt|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1348964135p2/85988.jpg]'s fiction...
[I received this book for free through First Reads and was not required to write a positive or any other type of review. All opinions stated herein are solely my own.] (less)
beckymmoe's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent tips--need to work through exercises, and listen to it at least one more time, I think.
Will write a longer review after I've had the chance to put it into use!
Will write a longer review after I've had the chance to put it into use!
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