45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters
- ISBN-10
- 1582971447
- ISBN-13
- 9781582971445
- Category
- Characters and characteristics in literature
- Pages
- 298
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Author
- Victoria Schmidt
Description
Explores the most common male and female fictional archetypes, provides instructions for using them to create your own original characters, and gives examples of how other authors have brought such archetypes to life in novels, film and television. Worksheets are then included for writers to develop and map the lives of their own characters.
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