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A review by jengennari
The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV by David Corbett
5.0
Really really great and useful! I found this such a great resource for the advanced writer looking to go to the next level.
Some good bits: "A character most predictably fascinates at precisely the moment you… permit her to defy your own and your audience’s expectation of what she might do. ... Explaining your character kills her."
"Dialogue must be rooted in character. It’s not about what the writer believes ought to be said or the reader or audience needs to know or what the story seems to require at this particular juncture, but what the characters in the black recesses of their hearts want or need to say."
"Voice incorporates style (diction and rhythm), worldview (choice of topic, time, setting, and approach to that subject matter), and attitude (blithely comic, bitterly satiric, ironic, tragic, nihilistic, fatalistic, philosophical, and so on). It's the expression of your unique humanity through words."
Some good bits: "A character most predictably fascinates at precisely the moment you… permit her to defy your own and your audience’s expectation of what she might do. ... Explaining your character kills her."
"Dialogue must be rooted in character. It’s not about what the writer believes ought to be said or the reader or audience needs to know or what the story seems to require at this particular juncture, but what the characters in the black recesses of their hearts want or need to say."
"Voice incorporates style (diction and rhythm), worldview (choice of topic, time, setting, and approach to that subject matter), and attitude (blithely comic, bitterly satiric, ironic, tragic, nihilistic, fatalistic, philosophical, and so on). It's the expression of your unique humanity through words."