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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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

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

Corbett, David

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General ReferenceWriting Instruction

ISBN10: 1440300860
ISBN13: 9781440300868
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: Nov 19 2019
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
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

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