The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV

Provides an entertaining blueprint to all the elements of characterization - from initial inspiration to realization - with special insights into the power of secrets and contradictions, the embodiment of roles, managing the "tyranny of motive," and mastering crucial techniques required for memorable dialogue and unforgettable scenes. Former private investigator David Corbett offers a unique and indispensable toolkit for creating characters that come vividly to life on the page and linger in memory. Corbett provides an inventive, inspiring and vastly entertaining blueprint to all the elements of characterisation from initial inspiration to realisation with special insights into the power of secrets and contradictions, the embodiment of roles, managing the tyranny of motive,'' and mastering crucial techniques required for memorable dialogue and unforgettable scenes.''

• | Author: David Corbett
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jun 26, 2014
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780143121572
• | ISBN-10: 014312157X