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  <title><![CDATA[Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing)]]></title>
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    <body><![CDATA['Aku berjanji kepadanya, lain kali aku akan menganggap gigitan<br/>binatang lebih serius. Aku juga bertekad untuk mencari-cari bayi tupai<br/>untuk dimakan kucing.'<br/>(halaman 169)<br/><br/>Petikan kalimat tersebut di atas merupakan contoh dalam Bab 10: Tokoh<br/>Komedi: Kesangsian yang Terk...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40856680">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Orson Scott Card is the highly acclaimed author of Enders Game and many other great works. With the release of Characters &amp; Viewpoints Mr. Card has generously opened his mind and let his knowledge spill forth unto the writing community. <br/><br/>Three parts separate Characters &amp; Viewpoint: Invent...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74050353">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Orson Scott Card writes really great characters.  I've read a couple of his Ender novels, and another stand-alone novel called Empire and his characters are really smart and are able to dive into the psychology of the people around them.  They understand people and why they are who they are, and why...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52290345">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36141738">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book at a point where I'd already read a couple dozen books, a hundred <em>Writers Digest</em> magazines, and a zillion web pages on writing. Upon reading this book, I was EMBARRASSED by how much I didn't know! <em>Characters and Viewpoint</em> is required reading for all fiction writers.]]></body>
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    <review id="19947511">
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  <read_at>Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book on how to write character is much less hands on than Elizabeth George's approach in &quot;Write Away.&quot; Meaning: Card supplies no easy-to-follow strategies or processes to help you develop your characters or integrate them seamlessly into the story.<br/><br/>Despite this more hypothe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19947511">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18862895">
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  <read_at>Thu May 08 14:00:08 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't understand why people were so annoyed with Card's sample characters until I read it myself.  By the end of the book, I was literally skimming and skipping passages that mentioned either of them.  I very rarely do that, even when I'm suffering through a story.  Luckily he left 'Nora' and 'Pe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18862895">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46102332">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was really helpful for me. I was able to take a new look at my characters and see where I needed to fill them out and also see that some of my characters really didn't need any more attention. This book will be helpful for creating and developing characters in any genre of writing.]]></body>
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    <review id="76133850">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good, solid work on the subjects of characters and viewpoints in writing fiction, though my general dislike of Card made this one harder to swallow than some onf the other works in the Elements of Fiction Writing series, which I highly recommend overall.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This has got to be one of the best books about writing. It discusses characterization in depth, with practical tools you can actually use in your fiction. <br/><br/>Other articles I've read about characterization inevitably instructs you to create a complete profile about your character, sometimes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1335370">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow. I loved this book so much. It has helped me so much with my writing and given me so many new ideas. I am seriously considering reading the rest of the series.<br/>It showed me what characterization and storytelling is really about, and then it showed me how it's done. I am convinced that my wr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54286759">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39932040">
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    <body><![CDATA[Got this to teach a fiction writing seminar. It was not that much help, except a couple of the aspects on viewpoint, which many new writers (or in this case, students filling an elective) do not understand.]]></body>
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    <review id="70963855">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Skip the first half; you already know it. The rest is all right, but could have been condensed into a few worksheets.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A little slow and dry in parts, I ended up skipping around a bit because it was putting me to sleep.  Overall not a BAD book but not a really GREAT book either.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a student and aspiring writer, I found this a good resource to have]]></body>
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    <review id="38905968">
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    <body><![CDATA[Fairly fundamental discussion of characters and POV, although it's a very good review.  Card's writing is always engaging.]]></body>
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    <review id="57305275">
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    <body><![CDATA[A very good book by an author I otherwise do not care for.]]></body>
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    <review id="73546450">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great book for fiction writers!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Verrrry helpful book for anyone who wants to write any kind of fiction, from a master storyteller. Card clarifies how to create interesting, vivid characters, and how to differentiate between major, minor, and bit players and keep them playing their rightful roles. I really find his thinking on view...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24897466">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Card gives a very accessible and easy look at how to write and think about both (surprise) characters and viewpoint.  It's cool stuff, if you like writing.  His tips are nice and useful, but some feel like the same stuff we've been hearing since high school creative writing.  Maybe I just wanted mor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6756505">more...</a>]]></body>
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