Believable Kids on the Page: Finding Story Characters
7
(14)
Remember the Child You Were: Creating a Character Journal
21
(14)
See Dick and Jane: Observing Real Kids
35
(12)
Turn Real Children Into Characters: Transforming Fact Into Fiction
47
(14)
PART II Give Those Characters the Story They Need
Is It a Story Yet? Character Growth and Plot Development
61
(12)
Two Problems in One: A Character's Internal Problems
73
(10)
Who's Telling the Story?: Point of View
83
(18)
Short Characterization for Short Stories?: Short Fiction
101
(10)
Complicate Your Character's Life: Book-Length Character Development
111
(12)
PART III A Story in Search of a Cast
Exceptional Characters: Heroes and Villains
123
(10)
The Rest of the Gang: Secondary Characters
133
(16)
Animals, Aliens and Series Characters: Special Characters for Special Situations
149
(14)
Keeping Grown-Ups in Their Place: Adult Characters
163
(14)
PART IV Bringing Nonfiction to Life
Characters from Life: Real-Life Kids
177
(8)
Grown-Ups Kids Would Love to Meet: Adult Role Models
185
(10)
Voices From the Past: Kid-Friendly Biographies
195
(14)
Truth in Fiction: Fictional Characters From History
209
(12)
Epilogue
221
(2)
Index
223
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