https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/character-development/5757/building-believable-characters---videoen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/character-development/5757/building-believable-characters---videoMon, 10 Apr 2017 12:04:21 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:ee30fc72-e4c3-4dbc-8cc0-2a0cc651fa07Leslie Millerhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/character-development/5757/building-believable-characters---video#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Character Development by Leslie Miller on 4/10/2017 12:04:21 PM<br /> <div class="asl-wikipage-body"> <div class="asl-wikipage-summary">Leslie Miller, co-founder of Girl Friday Productions, discusses how to include character development in nonfiction and fiction books. The first rule to create believable characters is authenticity. A reader will be drawn to a character if that character&#39;s actions, words, and motives are congruent. Authors should not make a character behave a certain way only to further the plot. Authenticity is key, which can be achieved by knowing your characters well. It&#39;s critical that the writer knows what a character would do or say in a specific moment. Characters aren&#39;t uniformly bad or good. Darth Vader wasn&#39;t one-dimensional. Authors should make inferences through characters&#39; actions. If an author tells the readers everything they need to know, the readers will become bored. To keep readers interested in the characters and plot, make readers do some of the work.</div> <div class="asl-wikipage-summary"><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver.wikis.components.files/00-00-00-00-67/BuildingBelievableCharacters.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../BuildingBelievableCharacters.mp4</a></div> </div><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: fiction, video</div> https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/character-development/5757/building-believable-characters---video/revision/2Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:03:59 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:ee30fc72-e4c3-4dbc-8cc0-2a0cc651fa07Leslie Millerhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/character-development/5757/building-believable-characters---video#commentsRevision 2 posted to Character Development by Leslie Miller on 4/10/2017 12:03:59 PM<br /> <div class="asl-wikipage-body"> <div class="asl-wikipage-summary">Leslie Miller, co-founder of Girl Friday Productions, discusses how to include character development in nonfiction and fiction books. The first rule to create believable characters is authenticity. A reader will be drawn to a character if that character&#39;s actions, words, and motives are congruent. Authors should not make a character behave a certain way only to further the plot. Authenticity is key, which can be achieved by knowing your characters well. It&#39;s critical that the writer knows what a character would do or say in a specific moment. Characters aren&#39;t uniformly bad or good. Darth Vader wasn&#39;t one-dimensional. Authors should make inferences through characters&#39; actions. If an author tells the readers everything they need to know, the readers will become bored. To keep readers interested in the characters and plot, make readers do some of the work.<a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver.wikis.components.files/00-00-00-00-67/BuildingBelievableCharacters.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../BuildingBelievableCharacters.mp4</a></div> </div><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: fiction, video</div> https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/character-development/5757/building-believable-characters---video/revision/1Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:ee30fc72-e4c3-4dbc-8cc0-2a0cc651fa07Leslie Millerhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/character-development/5757/building-believable-characters---video#commentsRevision 1 posted to Character Development by Leslie Miller on 1/9/2017 12:00:00 AM<br /> <div class='asl-wikipage-body'><div class='asl-wikipage-summary'>Leslie Miller, co-founder of Girl Friday Productions, discusses the importance of building believable characters. </div><div class='asl-wikipage-media'><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver.wikis.components.files/00-00-00-00-67/BuildingBelievableCharacters.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../BuildingBelievableCharacters.mp4</a></div></div><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: fiction, video</div>