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Introduction 1
Chapter 1 writing characters from the inside out 6
The Unconscious
The "Aha" Moment
Dreams
Write What You Feel, Not What You Know
Chapter 2 ghosts of the past: your characters' backstories 20
Exploring Your Past
Exploring Your Character's Past
The Backstory
Transactional Analysis
Chapter 3 pulling the strings: character motivation 37
Motivating a Main Character: A Scenario
Character Motivation Based on Backstory
Needs and Motivation
Emotions and Motivation
Chapter 4 less of you: creating characters different from yourself 49
Less of You
Your Inner Characters
Method Writing
The Writer as All the Characters
From Real People to Fictional Characters
Knowing Yourself, Knowing Your Characters
Chapter 5 the psychology of characters and the writer: what makes them tick 68
The Psychology of the Writer
The Character's Psychology
Characters From the Inside
Characters and Internal Struggles
Chapter 6 creating your villain: tapping the shadow 84
Tapping Your Shadow
Tapping the Universal Shadow
Tapping Your Villain's Shadow
Profiling Your Villain
Nurture or Nature
Latent Villainous Tendencies
The Disowned Shadow Gone Awry
Shadow Behavior Reflected in Expressions
Making Your Villian Popular
Chapter 7 the heart of drama: injecting feelings into your characters 104
Your Character's Emotional and Psychological World
Your Character's Emotional Transformation
The Emotional Relationship
Mining Your Emotional Depths
Being an Emotional Writer
Chapter 8 coping with conflict: characters' defense mechanisms and masks 129
Emotions and Conflict
Types of Conflict
Sources ofConflict
Reactions to Conflict
Patterns of Conflict
Defense Mechanisms
Protection From Conflict
Conflicts or Choices
Chapter 9 dysfunctional families: secrets, myths, and lies 151
Functional Families
Dysfunctional Families
Family Secrets, Myths, and Lies
Family Rules and Beliefs
Family Injunctions
Family Values and Traditions
Dysfunctional Romantic Relationships
Homeostasis of the Family
Finding Your Character's True Self
Chapter 10 creating real people: disorders and troubled personalities 184
Understanding Troubled Personalities
Neurotics: The Common Variety of Real People
Personality Disorders
Phobias
Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Bipolar Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorders
Psychotics: The Uncommon Variety of Real People
Substance-Related Disorders
Pedophilia
Gender Identity Disorders
Eating Disorders
Creating Emotionally Deep Characters
Chapter 11 lasting impressions: body language, dialogue, and subtext 216
Nonverbal Communication
Levels of the Self
Body Language
Dialogue (or What Your Characters Say)
Subtext (or What Your Characters Don't Say)
Emotional Imagery
Interior Monologues
Gestures, Quirks, and Expressions
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Index 239
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Lorrie Rockman
reviewed Breathing Life into Your Characters on April 22, 2012
Breathing Life into Your Characters
Creating characters based on psychology sounds like an interesting premise, but Ballon's theory is that to truly connect with a character you must connect with your own emotions. Many of her exercises have the reader asking themselves how they feel and memories to arouse certain situations.
You're either going to buy the idea that to create fully fleshed characters you need to be one with your emotions or you're going to believe the whole concept to be hokey.
I kept a middle of the road approach, while I didn't necessarily agree with all her assertions, a lot of what Ballon wrote was very useful and helpful in creating multi-dimensional characters even if some of her exercises that involved my past and feelings were a bit silly to me.
If you can get past the pop psychology bits, you'll get a lot of helpful information out of the book. I most appreciated her section on dysfunctional families and the explanations of personality disorders and those with mental illnesses. Those chapters were an excellent starting point for anyone who wants to create a multifaceted character and universe.
If you're like me once you get past chapters 2-3, you'll find this to be a great writing resource. However, if you believe in her theory than this become will undoubtedly become a favorite of yours.
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