The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws
A Nonfiction, Writing, Language book. Each human being exists inside of a subjective sphere created by his own experience. Angela Ackerman, The Negative...
Crafting likable, interesting characters is a balancing act, and finding that perfect mix of strengths and weaknesses can be difficult. But the task has become easier thanks to The Negative Trait Thesaurus. Through its flaw-centric exploration of character arc, motivation, emotional wounds, and basic needs, writers will learn which flaws make the most sense for their heroes, villains, and other members of the story’s cast. This book’s vast collection of flaws will help writers to explore the possible causes, attitudes, behaviors, thoughts, and related emotions behind their characters’ weaknesses so they can be written effectively and realistically. Common characterization pitfalls and methods to avoid them are also included, along with invaluable downloadable tools to aid in character creation. Written in list format and fully indexed, this brainstorming resource is perfect for creating deep, flawed characters that readers will relate to.“In these brilliantly conceived, superbly organized and astonishingly thorough volumes, Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi have created an invaluable...
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- Pages: 263 pages
- ISBN: 9780989772501 / 989772500
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Each human being exists inside of a subjective sphere created by his own experience. Angela Ackerman, The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws
Such a helpful resource for a writer. I'm about to the halfway point in my novel and was worried that my characters were turning into Mary-Sue's. I bought this book, did some character writing and gave them a bit better backstory and some flaws. I'll fix up the first half of the book in editing, but can already tell that my characters... All fiction writers This is definitely one of the most helpful writing guides I've come across in quite sometime. Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi did a remarkable job of presenting a narrative on how to weave character flaws within a story and what positive and negative traits each of those respective flaws could have in shaping the character. It not...
