書籍分享：Creating Characters: A Writer's Reference

書名:
Creating Characters: A Writer's Reference to the Personality Traits That Bring Fictional People to Life

http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Chara...=26MWRGJCXI705

目錄:
1. What are the character's internal traits (starts p3)
2. What are the character's external traits (p33)
3. What does the character want, not want or need? (p83)
4. What does the character like or dislike? (p97)
5. What does the character fear? (p104)
6. What does the character believe? (p116)
7. What are the character's strengths, weaknesses and habits? (p124)
8. What is the character's background? (p127)
9. What is the character's self-assessment? (p134)
10. What is the character type? (p147)
11. Does the character have a nickname? (pp189)
12. What is the character's job? (p202)
13. Will the character face a nonhuman adversary? (p212)
14. What plot drivers will affect the character? (p222)
Index (p235 -p250)

小小心得:
這一本是可以當角色性格的參考書。 主要是幫你設定或分析一個角色的性格,， 而不是用來設計新角色。 每一章都好像同義/反義詞字典一樣可以找到相同或相反的性格,， 愛好， 討厭， 等等.。 書的內容不至於是一本完全分析,， 而是透過問題反問作者自己能從中聯想到多少，對創作有一定的正面幫助。
因為至今只有英文版， 想讀的可能真是要在外語上多花一些功夫。 而有心學習的， 應可以在這書找到樂趣.。