{"id":2828,"date":"2015-06-04T17:24:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T00:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestfantasynovel.com\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2015-06-04T17:24:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T00:24:59","slug":"recommended-for-writers-characters-viewpoint-by-orson-scott-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/2015\/06\/04\/recommended-for-writers-characters-viewpoint-by-orson-scott-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended for Writers: Characters &#038; Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Kzjn8O\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2829\" src=\"http:\/\/bestfantasynovel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Character-and-Viewpoint-cover-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Character and Viewpoint-cover\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Since\u00a0month we&#8217;ll be celebrating Fantasy Romance&#8230; and characters are at the heart of Romance, I wanted to recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Kzjn8O\" target=\"_blank\">a good primer on creating believable and likable <\/a>(or loathsome) characters.<\/p>\n<p>Orson Scott Card&#8217;s book, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Kzjn8O\" target=\"_blank\">Characters &amp; Viewpoint<\/a>, is, in my opinion, the absolute best book on Character and Viewpoint out there. An experienced writer might read it and think, &#8220;Gosh, I know all this&#8230;&#8221;; it is a writing <em>primer<\/em>, meaning it covers the basics. Nonetheless, even for experienced writers, it&#8217;s a worthwhile read.<\/p>\n<p>You may know the difference between First Person and Third Person, but do you know the difference between Close Third and Distant Third? You may know how the difference between a hero and a villain, but do you know how to ensure that your hero is likable (but not boring) and your villain is enthralling (but doesn&#8217;t steal the show from you hero)? What is the difference between a Superman and an Everyman? Should you <em>ever<\/em> employ flat characters&#8211;spear holders?<\/p>\n<p>In fact, characters are at the heart of\u00a0<em>any<\/em>\u00a0good novel. Even if you don&#8217;t write &#8220;Character Focused&#8221; fiction, you&#8217;ll need characters, though they will serve a different role in your story\u00a0than in a Romance or Literary novel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And <em>do<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Kzjn8O\" target=\"_blank\">read this book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Kzjn8O\" target=\"_blank\">Characters &amp; Viewpoint <\/a>by Orson Scott Card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since\u00a0month we&#8217;ll be celebrating Fantasy Romance&#8230; and characters are at the heart of Romance, I wanted to recommend a good primer on creating believable and likable (or loathsome) characters. Orson Scott Card&#8217;s book, Characters &amp; Viewpoint, is, in my opinion, the absolute best book on Character and Viewpoint out there. An experienced writer might read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[577],"tags":[696],"class_list":["post-2828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-recommended-for-writers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}