The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV

by David Corbett

Former private investigator and New York Times notable author David Corbett offers a unique and indispensable toolkit for creating characters that come vividly to life on the page and linger in memory. Corbett provides an inventive, inspiring, and vastly entertaining blueprint to all the elements of characterization-from initial inspiration to realization-with special insights into the power of secrets and contradictions, the embodiment of roles,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014312157X
• ISBN13: 9780143121572
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher