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Jordan Rosenfeld

Writing the Intimate Character

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Craft Vibrant Characters and an Intimate Reading Experience
The key to excellent fiction lies in its characters: the unforgettable protagonists, antagonists, and secondary characters who populate the world of your story. Understanding and effectively using point of view allows you to write a powerful narrative that draws readers in and engages them with characters in a meaningful way. Through a blend of practical instruction, useful examples, and helpful exercises, Writing the Intimate Character shows you how to create the experience of living through a character rather than just reading about one.
Inside, you'll learn:The functions and benefits of first-person, third-person intimate, omniscient, and second-person points of view.How to apply character cues--specific behaviors, sensory perceptions, dialogue, and visual imagery--to develop a realistic protagonist and secondary cast.The surface and subset feelings that get to the root of your character’s emotions.How different viewpoints affect the story you want to tell.Writing the Intimate Character helps you craft a novel in which readers can experience your characters' senses, dive inside their minds, and truly feel their emotions.
«Writing the Intimate Character, the latest engaging guide by Jordan Rosenfeld, is a rich resource we'll all be learning from for the rest of our lives. 'Does the term point of view seem too dull and dry?' she asks. 'Try intimacy instead.' And then she shows us how, with diverse examples and wise observation. Now that I have Jordan's take on how to create a character from the inside out, I'm eager to get to it. You, too, will find this book that inspiring.» --Rebecca Lawton, author of Sacrament: Homage to a River and other books
«Writing the Intimate Character provides insights, examples, and exercises that will be useful not only to those who are new to writing fiction but to those, like myself, who are coming back to it after a break. Jordan Rosenfeld's explanation of how narrative voice works with point of view and other literary elements to create characters that readers care deeply about is clear and revelatory. The book can be worked through methodically or dipped into as needed. It's a useful tool for getting the gears of imagination working or for jump-starting and fine-tuning a work in process.» --Zoe Zolbrod, author of the novel Currency and the memoir The Telling
«Jordan Rosenfeld has a keen insight into how to construct characters who are truly lived-in. With intelligence and wit, she walks you through every element of powerful characterization, from selecting your POV to demonstrating character growth throughout your story. Whether you're new to fiction or a more experienced writer, put your trust in Jordan Rosenfeld; she'll help you tell a better story.» --Laura Bogart, freelance writer and novelist
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242 printed pages
Original publication
2016
Publication year
2016
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  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    The darkest eyes he’d ever seen, wet with light. [In the omniscient you can jump suddenly into the mind of another character. Here, we’ve left Materia’s POV and enters James’s.]
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    [James] had already removed a few ivory keys and was bent under the lid behind the piano’s gap-toothed smile, so he didn’t see Materia when she stepped into the archway. [Omniscient POV allows for the narrator to reveal things the character can’t see. Here, James didn’t see Materia, but we see them both.]
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    The omniscient POV provides cues to what the characters are feeling and thinking in a different way than more intimate POVs. Some of the cues will be the same, but omniscient also allows for more shortcuts, as the narrator can simply tell the reader what the character thinks or feels. In other words, due to the fluidity of the POV, the subset emotions may actually be more evident than in other POVs.

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