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The Writer's Guide to Character Traits: Includes Profiles of Human Behaviors and Personality Types (Hardcover)

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Stereotypes exist for a reason; usually, because there's an element of truth to them. With The Writer's Guide to Character Traits, psychologist-professor Linda Edelstein has created a kind of Psych 101 for Writers. Her goal is a "friendly reference" for writers who want "to create believable characters and need accurate information about personality and behavior." Sure, disparage it if you like. But wouldn't you like to know which of your protagonist's offspring is most predisposed to warming up to their new stepfather? What kind of criminal is likely to have a religious mother? The traits of people who commit suicide? Edelstein has included more than 400 lists: of traits associated with child development, psychological disorders, criminal styles, sexual styles, love and marriage, life-changing events, physical problems, career, and so on. "Even when a writer's imagination soars to places more fascinating than reality," says Edelstein, "characters must possess an internal cohesiveness; they must make sense." And let's face it: "People," she adds, "are more consistent than not." (With real-life character anecdotes from Edelstein's own work and a huge character-trait cross-referencing index at book's end.) --Jane Steinberg


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From serial killers to business tycoons to politicians, The Writers Guide to Character Traits profiles the mental, emotional and physical qualities of dozens of different personality types. Featuring a highly accessible format, writers can mix and match the traits of specific personality types to create original, complex characters. Unique personality styles and types are profiled including psychopaths, cult members, overachievers, addicts, amnesia victims, social climbers, career criminals and philanthropists. In addition, this guide includes sections on child personality types;
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Lots of great info, poorly documented and structured, Jui 26 2003
Par R. Luzetski "Rabit" (Indianapolis, IN USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This book includes a lot of very useful and interesting information. It's all there, everything they say is true: personality summaries, sexual abnormalities, profiles of murderers, etc. If you are the target audience for this book, you will probably benefit from this information. (FYI: I bought it for characters to create in games.)

However, I found it incredibly difficult to actually use this book. Everything is listed in a bullet-like format, so each point is incredibly brief and usually incomplete. You don't get an understanding for these concepts, you get a summary. This makes it difficult to actually put the content to good use.

On to the nit-picky issues:

There are a number of times when the use of headings in the book made it difficult to tell what I was actually reading. I would be in one section, and suddenly I was reading about a completely different topic - the section had changed, but there had not been a heading to indicate the transition. You learn quickly to ignore the formatting of the headings, as it doesn't seem to actually be useful.

There are a number of typographical errors in the book, also, far more than I would expect from a book that actually gets published. However, it isn't an extremely expensive book, so this isn't a major complaint. If this kind of thing bothers you, keep it in mind.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Pretty Neat!, Mai 11 2003
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This book goes into a lot of detail about character traits. It helps quite a bit. Very interesting book to help you develop your characters. It helps to understand why people do the things they do.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Excellent Resource!, Mai 1 2003
This is an excellent reference book, especially for genre fiction writers whose characters often need to fit a "type." This book's incredibly clear lists and excellent organizational layout, help the writer to sketch out the history and details of their characters. (i.e. My villain's a violent control freak, what kind of a mother would he have? or My heroine's a quiet librarian type, what's she like in a relationship?)

Since the book is formed primarily from lists, without much extensive text, it is even more helpful to a writer who doesn't want to impede the flow of working on character sketches (or whatever) by reading something extensive.

This is a really nice resource.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 I love lists that I can reference...
1) I love lists that I can reference when I need them and that is how this book is organized. It isn't meant to be read from front cover to back but for you to jump around and use... Lisez davantage
Publié le Janv. 21 2003 par Paladin08

3.0étoiles sur 5 Character
This is a good book for people who want to get skin deep with devolping who they are writting about.Though it doesn't have answers to everything.It is an excelent refrense book.
Publié le Nov. 23 2002 par FlyingDream

2.0étoiles sur 5 I tried to like this book, really I did
The front cover of this book shows a character broken into more than a dozen parts. I felt disjointed, just like the cover, when I tried to work my way through the book. Lisez davantage
Publié le Sep 15 2002 par BeachGirl

3.0étoiles sur 5 A Book of Note Cards
This book delivers less than it promises but it makes a useful resource. "Character Traits" is not so much a finished reference book as a sketchy set of notes placed between two... Lisez davantage
Publié le Mai 19 2002 par Alton Thompson

5.0étoiles sur 5 Character Traits!
I thought this book was unique.It explores an area most character building books don't include. By giving a psychological perspective to character profiles, it enables writers to... Lisez davantage
Publié le Mai 4 2002 par Anne B. Jones

4.0étoiles sur 5 A great way to flesh out your characters
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, but when I picked it up looking for assistance, I found the format extremely useful and easy to employ. Lisez davantage
Publié le Mars 31 2002 par Erin K. Darling

4.0étoiles sur 5 Interesting but useless in any practical sense.
This book is essentially a listing of information about various personality types, and mental illnesses, etc. It's a very interesting read and I enjoyed it a lot. Lisez davantage
Publié le Janv. 24 2002 par Meaghan Good

4.0étoiles sur 5 Excellent, but don't get fooled
It's very important you understand what the function of this book is. This is not a book written to advise you on how to write characters. Lisez davantage
Publié le Aoû 15 2001 par ThatPoshGirl

3.0étoiles sur 5 Too muddled
The Writer's Guide to Character Traits is certainly a valuable resource, and for that I give it five stars. Lisez davantage
Publié le Aoû 9 2001 par F. G. Hamer

2.0étoiles sur 5 Save your money
This is not such a bad book, but the character information, with some exceptions is pretty useless. If you are an amateur writer you can skip this book, mostly because the data is... Lisez davantage
Publié le Mai 28 2001 par V. M. Vaglio

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