Character by Amy Jones

Character by Amy Jones

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Character by Amy Jones

What makes a character interesting? How do you build a convincing character arc? Does every story have a hero? How many shades of villain are there? How does a writer bring their characters alive?
 
In this timeless little book, lecturer Amy Jones describes the secret techniques that writers use to create their characters, along with their archetypes, backstories, motivations, modes of dialogue, habits, hopes, fears, flaws, frustrations . . . and eventual resolutions and redemptions.
AMY JONES won the 2006 CBC Literary Prize for Short Fiction and was a finalist for the 2005 Bronwen Wallace Award. She is a graduate of the Optional Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at UBC, and her fiction has appeared in Best Canadian Stories and The Journey Prize Stories. Her debut collection of stories, What Boys Like, was the winner of the 2008 Metcalf-Rooke Award and a finalist for the 2010 ReLit Award. Originally from Halifax, she now lives in Thunder Bay, where she is associate editor of The Walleye. The author lives in Toronto, ON.
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ISBN 13 9781952178405
ISBN 10 1952178401
Title Character
Author Amy Jones
Series Wooden Books North America Editions
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Wooden Books
Year published 2025-03-15
Number of pages 64
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.