The Science of Writing Characters

Using Psychology to Create Compelling Fictional Characters

Kira-Anne Pelican (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2020
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-5013-5724-4 (ISBN)

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The Science of Writing Characters is a comprehensive handbook to help writers create compelling and psychologically-credible characters that come to life on the page. Drawing on the latest psychological theory and research, ranging from personality theory to evolutionary science, the book equips screenwriters and novelists with all the techniques they need to build complex, dimensional characters from the bottom up. Writers learn how to create rounded characters using the 'Big Five' dimensions of personality and then are shown how these personality traits shape action, relationships and dialogue.

Throughout The Science of Writing Characters, psychological theories and research are translated into handy practical tips, which are illustrated through examples of characters in action in well-known films, television series and novels, ranging from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and Game of Thrones to The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Goldfinch. This very practical approach makes the book an engaging and accessible companion guide for all writers who want to better understand how they can make memorable characters with the potential for global appeal.

Kira-Anne Pelican, PhD, is a writer, speaker and script consultant with 25 years of experience working in the British, American and Chinese film and television industries. She began her career assisting director Stanley Kubrick, took posts in visual effects production on The Matrix films, before working as a screenwriter, academic and script consultant. Her original screenplays have been optioned by the BBC, ITV and other independent producers and she has lectured on character development across the world.

1. Introduction
2. The Dimensions of Character
3. How Personality Shapes Dialogue
4. Motivating Character
5. When, Why and How Characters Transform
6. The Emotional Journey
7. Secondary Characters
8. A Character Workshop
Footnotes
Glossary
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.01.2021
Zusatzinfo	66 bw illus
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	147 x 224 mm
Gewicht	298 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-5013-5724-7 / 1501357247
ISBN-13	978-1-5013-5724-4 / 9781501357244
Zustand	Neuware