The Psychology Workbook for Writers: Tools for Creating Realistic Characters and Conflict in Fiction

I use this book for my Creative Writing class. It is FULL of helpful insights into human nature, and includes workshop questions that can immediately be applied when creating characters for a story. Read through this book with your class - you won't regret it!

My son has recently began creative writing and is part of a writing guild. He said that sharing this book at his most recent writing group was a big hit and sparked great conversations and concepts for writing.

I don't think I expected much from this resource, but it delivered. The theory was a little wild, but the charts are going to lend some interesting dimension to any character they are applied to. What I like about the charts in this book is that there are both character development charts and plot development charts to consider. Also, there's at least half a dozen ways you can apply his theories, so you can mix and match them. I think if you tried to use them all, it wouldn't work. Give this one a shot, it's a neat book.

Excellent framework for creating believable characters, going beyond the general physical descriptions. Thoughtful reading suggestions help you to dive deeper into character personalities.

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Book is a must have for writersWith its building story lines worksheets and explanations of how to actually write characters - this book has a to of great material to assist writers.

This book is quite short, and the worksheets aren't really helpful. I also noticed at least one proof error.With that being said, it does contain some useful information that could be useful for writers who are looking to give more depth to their characters.

Interesting read 📚

This book offers a great starting point for writers aiming to benefit from several decades of research in psychology in a laguage that is friendly to fiction writers that know nothing about it. However condensed, the book offers lots of insights that can really be applied to a story to make it better while offering sources for further reading in case the reader wishes to dig deeper. For that, I would go as far as to say that this is an indispensable read for writers in formation.

Highly recommend it - very practical and compelling.

I carry this book along whenever I am writing, wherever I am writing. The reason is that is simplifies the way characters can be written. The insights are fun and revealing. Great reference book for a writer.

Esta guía, elaborada por Darian Smith, es una herramienta muy útil para todo escritor o escritora que desee crear personajes realistas. A pesar de ser un libro bastante breve (apenas 80 páginas de contenido real), se divide en distintas secciones en las cuales Darian explica conceptos psicológicos que determinan la personalidad a largo plazo, y cómo incorporar estas ideas en nuestros propios personajes y a través de la trama, sirviéndose también de ejemplos del mundo cinematográfico para mostrar aplicaciones reales.Lo recomiendo a cualquier escritor, ya que te aporta una perspectiva muy interesante y, sea cual sea el género con el que trabajes, te permite ver otros posibles conflictos que van más allá del argumento y se adentran en el espectro psicológico y emocional. Darian ha hecho un gran trabajo escogiendo los términos y teorías que pueden resultar interesantes en la creación de dichos conflictos, y es muy directo y claro en sus explicaciones.Volvería a comprarlo e intuyo que lo utilizaré a menudo como herramienta.

This book made me think more about what my work in progress is missing and has help me to bring characters to live, definitely buy if you need a little inspiration.