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New Ideas for Old Tropes

Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress

March 4, 2022 by sabian30 Leave a Comment

Nancy Kress is a well-known writing instructor. I was in a lecture just like week where the instructor quoted Ms. Kress. She’s an easy educator to read. Her style is smooth and conversational. In this book, subtitled “Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints” she deals with the more common aspects of writing: developing characters, showing them emoting, and the different points of view you can use as a writer when telling your character’s story. Her format is easy to read and […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #writing, Characters, emotion, nancy kress, Viewpoint

sabian30's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #writing, Characters, emotion, nancy kress, Viewpoint ·
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