Make your characters true-to-life Every good story needs characters who are so real, your readers feel they would know them the moment they walked into the room. Veronica Bright's aim is to help you create realistic, believable characters, who will have your readers rooting for them all the way through the ups and downs of your story. She tells you about the ancient wisdom of the Enneagram. This is a tool for understanding human nature. It shows us the unconscious motivations behind the ways we react. Here you have the opportunity to learn about: - The nine basic Personality Types - The Three Centres of thinking, analysing, and imagining skills - The Wings which give your characters individuality - The Arrows which explain how people behave when secure and how they behave when stressed - Extroverts and introverts - What each type may have been like as children - How characters may change and grow in the course of your story There are helpful examples of many character combinations throughout the book, and also eleven 'Pause for Thought' sections providing exercises to help you consolidate your developing knowledge. If you want to understand people better, improve your skills and make your fictional characters memorable, How to Create Believable Characters Using the Enneagram is waiting to help you.
About the Author: Veronica Bright is a writer and teacher. She has won over forty prizes for her short fiction, including the prestigious Woman and Home short story competition, as well as places at the Winchester Literary Festival and the Swanwick Writers' Summer School (twice). Her work has appeared in over a dozen anthologies and online. She has published three collections of prize-winning short stories - Cloud Paintings, A Gift from the Horse Chestnut Tree, and Rainbow Laughter. A former primary school teacher, she is the author of teaching resource books published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Veronica is the short story adviser for the Association of Christian Writers, and a competition judge. She has run courses at the Swanwick Writers' Summer School on flash fiction. She gives talks locally on writing memoir, on the adventure that is writing (including readings), and on '50 things to do before I rest'. Her monthly blog, 'Let the writer out', may be found on her website www.veronicabright.co.uk.