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- Book Title
- Getting into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn fro...
- ISBN
- 0471058947
- EAN
- 9780471058946
- Date of Publication
- 20020311
- Release Title
- Getting into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn fro...
- Artist
- Collins, Brandilyn
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471058947
ISBN-13
9780471058946
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1943062
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
Getting Into Character : Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Subject
General, Composition & Creative Writing
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-046894
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
808.3
Table Of Content
Preface. Acknowledgments. The Author. PART ONE: FROM HIGH-STAKES GAMBLING TO CERTAIN SUCCESS. 1 Low-Yield, Conventional Consulting VersusHigh-Yield, High-Impact Consulting. 2 The Five Fatal Flaws of Conventional Consulting. 3 The Bottom-Line Results of High-Impact Consulting. PART TWO: THE RESULTS-DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE OF HIGH-IMPACT CONSULTING. 4 Define Goals in Terms of Client Results Insteadof Consultant Products. 5 Match Project Scope to What the Client IsReady to Do. 6 Aim for Rapid-Cycle Successes toGenerate Momentum. 7 Build a Partnership to Achieve and to Learn. 8 Leverage Resources: More Results withFewer Consultants. PART THREE: CREATING HIGH-IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS. 9 Create a Contract for Collaboration Instead ofa Proposal for a Job. 10 Senior Managers Must Insist That Their PeopleProduce the Results. Build Communication Bridges and Overcome Anxiety. 12 Test the Shift to High-Impact Consulting:It s All Upside and Risk-Free. Notes. Index.
Synopsis
In the early twentieth century, Russian director Constantin Stanislavsky transformed the acting world with a series of techniques he called ?method acting.' By discovering the inner life of a character, actors learned to bring emotional realism to their roles as never before. In Getting Into Character, Collins takes seven of the most eye-opening techniques of the Stanislavsky method and adapts them to the art of writing fiction. Like actors, writers learn how to personalise characters, determine their action objectives in a scene, write subtexted dialogue and much more. Collins concludes each chapter with excerpts from both a familiar classic and a modern bestseller to illustrate how top-notch authors'from Jane Austen to Steve Martini'have used these same techniques to great effect., A unique guide for writers of all levels that applies the lessons of the Stanislavsky technique, i.e. , Method Acting, to the art of writing fiction. Drawing on examples from classic novels and contemporary fiction, Collins shows how writers can adopt the same seven skills that actors use to create believable characters on stage., Proven techniques for creating vivid, believable characters Want to bring characters to life on the page as vividly as fine actors do on the stage or screen? Getting into Character will give you a whole new way of thinking about your writing. Drawing on the Method acting theory that theater professionals have used for decades, this in-depth guide explains seven characterization techniques and adapts them for the novelist s use. In this unique and practical book, you ll discover concepts that will help you understand and communicate the behavior, motivation, and psychology of every fictional character you create. Examples from classic and contemporary novels show you how these techniques have been used to dazzling effect by Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Steve Martini, Anne Rivers Siddons, and others. These simple yet highly effective techniques will help you: Create characters whose distinctive traits become plot components Determine each character s specific objectives and motivations Write natural-sounding dialogue rich in meaning Endow your characters with three-dimensional emotional lives Use character to bring action sequences to exuberant life Write convincingly about any character facing any circumstance, Proven techniques for creating vivid, believable characters Want to bring characters to life on the page as vividly as fine actors do on the stage or screen? Getting into Character will give you a whole new way of thinking about your writing. Drawing on the Method acting theory that theater professionals have used for decades, this in-depth guide explains seven characterization techniques and adapts them for the novelist's use. In this unique and practical book, you'll discover concepts that will help you understand and communicate the behavior, motivation, and psychology of every fictional character you create. Examples from classic and contemporary novels show you how these techniques have been used to dazzling effect by Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Steve Martini, Anne Rivers Siddons, and others. These simple yet highly effective techniques will help you: * Create characters whose distinctive traits become plot components * Determine each character's specific objectives and motivations * Write natural-sounding dialogue rich in meaning * Endow your characters with three-dimensional emotional lives * Use character to bring action sequences to exuberant life * Write convincingly about any character facing any circumstance
LC Classification Number
PN3383.C4C65 2002
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