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Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card — WisdomDeck honest review

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Characters & Viewpoint

by Orson Scott Card

Card on inventing characters, making them believable, and choosing point of view. Clear and useful across genres.

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you want a solid primer on character and POV.

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you want advanced craft.

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Three things you will actually use

Milieu, idea, character, event.
Characters reveal through choice.
Choose POV deliberately.

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Read the chapter on the MICE quotient.

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Character and POV.

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