ISBN: 9798172031533 - character psychology: the complete character craft guide to minds that drive stories (character craft masterclass, band 1) (1 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Most fantasy characters fail for one reason: they have a personality instead of a mind.Personality is what a character does. Mind is why they can't stop doing it. Readers don't remember traits - they remember the want that won't go away, the fear that won't stay buried, the performance a character can't quite drop even when it's costing them everything.Character Psychology gives you a complete, practical system for building minds readers can't forget - introducing The Character Engine, a three-part framework used throughout this book to design protagonists, villains, and ensemble casts with real psychological depth: DESIRE - what a character wants, and the deeper need hiding underneath itWOUND - the formative pain that shaped how they see themselves and the worldMASK - what they show the world to survive, hide, or get what they wantInside, you'll learn: - How to build the gap between what a character wants and what they actually need - and why that gap is where story lives- How to write a Wound that readers feel in behavior, long before it's ever explained- How to design a Mask that can convincingly crack at exactly the right moment- How to build contradiction, self-deception, and moral complexity that read as depth, not inconsistency- How to keep a character psychologically consistent even through dramatic, surprising choices- How to make a character's psychology generate plot problems, not just react to them- How to adapt the Character Engine across heroes, villains, mentors, and ensemble castsPacked with deep case study breakdowns of well-known fantasy characters, worked before-and-after examples, eleven comprehensive worksheets, and two visual diagnostic tools - including the Character Engine Canvas - this is a complete, hands-on system, not just theory.Whether you're drafting your first fantasy novel or revising a cast that feels flat, Character Psychology will show you exactly how to build people readers can't stop thinking about.Character Psychology is Book 1 of the Character Craft Masterclass series - a sister series to the Fantasy Worldbuilding Masterclass, from the same author.…