All fiction is character-driven, according to William Bernhardt. How can you use characters to create dynamic fiction that will captivate readers? This book explains the relationship between character and plot, and how the perfect melding of the two produces a mesmerizing story.
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All fiction is character-driven, according to William Bernhardt. How can you use characters to create dynamic fiction that will captivate readers? This book explains the relationship between character and plot, and how the perfect melding of the two produces a mesmerizing story.
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I haven't been this excited about a book on writing in a very long time.
I received a complimentary copy of this book in return for an honest review. As a writer who's been publishing her work for over 35 years and who has a bookcase full of books on writing, I expected another rehash of previous works on the subject by other authors. To my surprise, I discovered William Bernhardt brought a fresh and grounded view to the art of character construction.
Bernhardt disputes much of the trite advice handed out in most writing classes, and offers solid guidance which will aid many struggling writers--even those who are already successful in the field. In the modern world of easy self-publishing, many would-be writers believe it's enough to fill a set number of pages with words and call it a book. The result is a deluge of poorly written books by writers who turn to self-publishing when professional publishers reject their work. I often recommend the same three books to beginners (Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer"; Dixon's "GMC: Goal, Motivation & Conflict" and Kress's "Beginnings, Middles & Ends"). Now I have a fourth work to add to my list: "Creating Character: Bringing Your Story to Life."
Don't let the short length deter you from purchasing this book. Bernhardt doesn't waste his time with fillers; "Creating Character" is a concise handbook with a few helpful exercises at the end of each chapter. After reading this, I found myself viewing my characters in a new way--one that has already sent me back to the first page of my current work-in-progress in order to make revisions.
I won't go into detail about Bernhardt's unique view of what characters actually represent, or try to explain why so much of the supposedly 'tried-and-true' methods of character construction don't work in the real world--something I had figured out myself long ago and was pleased to see expounded on by an author of Bernhardt?s caliber. Just get this book and read it for yourself.
I haven't read any of the other books in Bernhardt's "Red Sneaker" series, but after finishing "Creating Character", I intend to acquire the rest of the set. To date, my publication rate is over 70% accepted on first submission, but I have no doubt what I've learned here will increase my success in writing and publishing my work. If the rest are as good as this one, I look forward to reading them.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is serious about the art of writing.
