The Compass of Character: Creating Complex Motivation for Compelling Characters in Fiction, Film, and TV [NulledPremium]

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Book details
Format: epub
File Size: 932 KB
Print Length: 288 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1440300860
Publisher: Writer’s Digest Books (19 November 2019)
Sold by: Amazon Asia-Pacific Holdings Private Limited
Language: English
ASIN: B07Z2VMLK4

Just as a compass provides direction for an explorer, so does motivation provide direction for characters in fiction. The “compass” of character motivation is composed of four points: Lack, Yearning, Resistance, and Desire. In The Compass of Character you’ll learn to deeply consider the key question “What does my character want?” and learn techniques to answer that question by writing realistic and empathetic characters without falling into formulaic, unsatisfying results that only diminish the character. Bestselling author and acclaimed writing instructor David Corbett provides writers with the essentials for building characters with motivations that range from clear to complex by exploring topics such as:

human yearning
pathological maneuvers
the pain of life vs. the promise of life
backstory and behavior
mechanics of growth and transformation
dramatizing mistaken desire and misbegotten yearnings
moral arguments
The key to fascinating characters is rendering subtle inner states in straightforward external circumstances, which requires a fundamental understanding of the simple building blocks of complex motivation as they manifest themselves in behavior, where complexity of purpose collides with the messy, indifferent world. The Compass of Character is the one book that can guide writers to that end with both instruction and inspiration.