A Writer's Guide to Characterization: Archetypes, Heroic Journeys, and Other Elements of Dynamic Character Development Book

Every great film and great novel is great because we learn something in the end; we are rewarded for the time we give to an author, walking away with a new outlook on a common issue. It's not just that a character grows, but that a character teaches us how to grow as well by example. All too often a character arc is just one scene thrown in at the end to show the character is now different but we don't get to see how the character got that way. In A Writer's Guide to Characterization, we see the journey and conflict that drives characters, and discover a deeper level of transformation that is all too often missing in lesser writing. To help illustrate this transformation, the author examines animal character archetypes across many cultures and explores them from a writing perspective to show how to grow and deepen characters throughout a story. The result is richer, more compelling and meaningful fiction.Read More