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The Writer, Inc.
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1942, reprinted 1947, The Writer, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Contents
I. The Importance of Characterization Page I
II. The Creative Process of Characterization Page 9
III. First Steps in Characterization Page 19
IV. Appearance Only Page 29
V. Moving Picture Technique Applied to Fiction Writing Page 42
VI. Look at His Face Page 54
VII. Listen to Him Speak Page 65
VIII. When Characters Meet Page 73
IX. Thoughts Are Things Page 82
X. Action and Reaction Page 92
XI. Those Useful Figures of Speech Page 101
XII. Motives Make the Man Go Page 115
XIII. Simple and Complex Characterization Page 128
XIV. Intensifying Character-Effects by Contrast Page 137
XV. Doing it the Hard Way Page 145
XVI. Characters are Plots Page 156
XVII. Emotion and Characterization Page 171
XVIII. Chracterization in the Short Story Page 184
XIX. Characterization in the Stage Play and Moving Picture Page 206
XXI. Characterization in the Novel Page 214
XXII. Chracterization in Juvenile Writing Page 220
XXIII. It's Easy After You Learn How Page 229
Appendix. 237
Sunday Afternoon. 239
Singlehanded. 254
A Day in Town. 267
No Flourishes. 281
Limbs Is a Flourish Word. 287

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