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1、CHAPTERONE:TypesofCharacters—AssemblingYourCastCHAPTERTWO:IntroducingCharacters—FirstImpressionsCountCHAPTERTHREE:TheGenuineSelf—WhatIsSheReallyLike?CHAPTERFOUR:TheMotivationallyComplicatedCharacter—ButI'maMessInside!CHAPTERFIVE:WhaShowintIKnogChangwNoeiwnYourCharacters—IfIKnewThenCH
2、APTERSIX:ProtagonistsinGenreFiction—FromLoverstoStarshipCaptainsCHAPTERSEVEN:TheHumorousCharacter—AllBetsAreOffCHAPTEREIGHT:TalkingAboutEmotion—DialogueandThoughtsCHAPTERNINE:EmotionSuggested—UsingMetaphor,Symbol,andSensoryDetailstoConveyFeelingCHAPTERTEN:SpecialCasesofEmotion—Loving
3、,Fighting,andDyingCHAPTERELEVEN:Frustration—TheMostUsefulEmotioninFictionCHAPTERTWELVE:PointofView—WhoseEmotionsAreWeSharing?CHAPTERTHIRTEEN:FirstPerson—ISawItWithMyOwnEyesCHAPTERFOURTEEN:ThirdPerson—SeeDickRunCHAPTERFIFTEEN:OmniscientPointofView—PlayingGodCHAPTERSIXTEEN:PuttingItAll
4、Together—TheFourthPersonaAPPENDIX:Checklist—CriticalPointsEverydrama—andfictionisalwaysakindofdrama—requiresacast.Thecastmaybesohuge,asinLeoTolstoy'sAnnaKarenina,thattheauthororeditorprovidesalistofcharacterstokeepeverybodystraight.Oritmaybeanintimatecastoftwo.(In"ToBuildaFire,"JackL
5、ondonmanagedwithonepersonandadog.)Whateverthesizeofyourcast,youhavetoassembleitfromsomewhere.Wheredoyougetthesepeople?Andhowdoyouknowthey'llmakegoodcharacters?Youhavefoursources:yourself,realpeopleyouknow,realpeopleyouhearabout,andpureimagination.Inonesense,everycharacteryoucreatewil
6、lbeyourself.You'venevermur-dered,butyourmurderer'sragewillbedrawnfrommemoriesofyourownmostextremeanger.Yourlovesceneswilluseyourownpastkisses,caresses,andsweetmoments.Thatsceneinwhichyouroctogenarianfeelshumiliatedwilldrawonyourexperienceofhumiliationintheeighthgrade,eventhoughthecir
7、cumstancesaretotallydifferentandyou'renotevenconsciouslythink-ingaboutyourmiddle-schoolyears.Ourcharacters'emotionsdrawonourownemotions.Untiltelepathyiscommon,ourownemotionsaretheonlyoneswe'veintimatelyexperienced.They'reourdefaultsetting.Sometimes,however,youwillwanttouseyourlifemor
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