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Index
Title Page Copyright Page Dedication and Acknowledgments
Dedication Acknowledgments
About the Author Contents Introduction Part One: Character-Building Essentials
Chapter One: How to Build a Character
Pick a Point of View Select a Verb Tense Craft a Flawed but Sympathetic Person Introduce a Problem Discover What Haunts Your Character Create a Hybrid Character Borrow from True Events and History Visualize Your Character Engage Your Characters Write in Scenes
Chapter Two: Tell Me a Story
The Purpose of Narrative Voice Narrative Voice and Point of View Authorial Intrusion Thoughts Versus Narrative Voice
Chapter Three: Tell It Like It Is
Setting Exposition Visual Imagery Exposition Personal and Thematic Philosophy Exposition
Chapter Four: Do You Feel Me?
The Wheel of Emotion: Surface and Subset Feelings Essential Character Cues
Chapter Five: Character, Know Thyself
Avoiding Missteps in Character Development How Characters Become Aware
Chapter Six: Tighten Tension
Creating Tension in First Person Creating Tension in Third-Person Intimate Creating Tension in Omniscient
Part Two: Character Cues and Point of View
Chapter Seven: Behind the I
Using Surface and Subset Emotions in First Person Introducing Characters in First Person Observing the Setting in First Person Utilizing Sensory Perceptions in Action in First Person Weaving Thought and Action in First Person Weaving Thought and Setting in First Person
Chapter Eight: Closer and Closer
Surface and Subset Emotions in Third-Person Intimate Introducing Characters in Third-Person Intimate Observing the Setting in Third-Person Intimate Weaving Thoughts and Action in Third-Person Intimate
Chapter Nine: It’s a Party
Introducing Characters in Omniscient Moving from One Character’s Head to Another’s Using Omniscient to Provide Information Characters Cannot Know Using Omniscience to Provide a Pause Using Omniscient to Provide Historical Context Surface and Subset Feeling Cues in Omniscient Character Interactions with Setting Habits to Avoid in Omniscience
Chapter Ten: All About You
Different Versions of Second Person Potential Pitfalls for Using Second Person Surface and Subset Emotions in Second Person
Chapter Eleven: The Unreliable Narrator
The Unreliable Narrator in First Person The Unreliable Narrator in Second Person The Unreliable Narrator in Omniscient The Unreliable Narrator in Third-Person Intimate Becoming Reliable Considerations for Creating an Unreliable Narrator
Part Three: Stretch Your Skills
Chapter Twelve: Plot and Point of View
What Is a Scene? How POV Affects Your Plot Character Transformation and the Energetic Markers Defining the Scope of Character Change
Chapter Thirteen: Multiple Points of View
The Hallmarks of Multiple Viewpoints Considerations for Choosing Multiple Viewpoints Mistakes with Multiple Viewpoints Distinguishing Multiple Characters Determining the POV for Each Viewpoint Character Examples of Multiple Viewpoints
Chapter Fourteen: Shattering Point of View
The Chorus or First-Person Plural Point of View Fractured Narratives Lyrical Forms
Chapter Fifteen: Literary Devices
Books Within Books Technology as a Storytelling Device Diary Entries
Chapter Sixteen: Try It on for Size
Writing Characters Who Are Not Like You Checklists for Picking the Right POV Choosing the “Wrong” POV
Chapter Seventeen: Practicing Point of View
Determining the POV Play with Point of View
Afterword Answer Key
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