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

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Writers know that their characters and stories should be multi-layered and believable. Now here’s a simple workbook that uses the same knowledge that gives therapists insight into human behaviour to create fiction that hits the mark. Each chapter outlines an aspect of psychological theory as it can be used for writing and provides two worksheets to translate it into action – one to develop characters, one to develop the story.

Darian Smith is a prize winning fiction writer with a degree in psychology, and is a member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors. He combines these two sides of his background to provide simple, easy to follow tools that make use of established psychological theory to help writers develop fully rounded, interesting, realistic characters and inject conflict into their stories.

Give your writing the benefit of over a decade of training and experience, and discover how to have readers wanting more.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0143K2MNU
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wooden Tiger Press
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 17, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3.2 MB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 92 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0473334475
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #158,275 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #43 in Fiction Writing Reference (Kindle Store) #52 in Two-Hour Education & Reference Short Reads #62 in Writing Skill Reference (Books)
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