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1. CREATING CHARACTERS
(i) SOURCES FOR CHARACTERS
(ii) THE INNER FLAME
(iii) PAST BIOGRAPHY
(iv) SELF-JUSTIFICATION
(v) SHEDDING & MOVING ON
(vi) CREATING CHARACTERS IN GROUPS
(vii) CHARACTER-ARCS
(viii) MAKING CHARACTERS LIKEABLE

2. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
(i) PASSPORT DETAILS
(ii) EXPRESSIVE DETAILS
(iii) MENTIONING APPEARANCE

3. CHARACTER POINT OF VIEW
(i) LEVELS OF POINT OF VIEW
(ii) POINT OF VIEW IN POPULAR FICTION
(iii) WITHHOLDING BY POINT OF VIEW
(iv) INTRODUCING NEW POINTS OF VIEW
(v) SWITCHING POINT OF VIEW

 

 
 
 

 

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