Dynamic Characters

Dynamic Characters Review

In this guide, award-winning author Nancy Kress explores the crucial relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story. In teaching writers the fundamentals of creating characters that will keep their readers spellbound, Kress utilizes: Dozens of excerpts from well-known fiction; Enlightening exercises to help writers build strong characters starting from the outside-in; Beginning chapters that focus on the physical elements that comprise a character, providing techniques for using external qualities to reflect personality; Building skill upon skill, writers blend these qualities with emotional and mental characterization, forming multi-dimensional characters that initiate exciting action, react to tense situations, and power the plot from beginning to end.

Introducing Character Animation with Blender

Introducing Character Animation with Blender Review

Introducing Character Animation with Blender, 2^nd Edition is written in a friendly but professional tone, with clear descriptions and numerous illustrative screenshots. Throughout the book, tutorials focus on how to accomplish actual animation goals, while illustrating the necessary technical methods along the way. These are reinforced by clear descriptions of how each specific aspect of Blender works and fits together with the rest of the package. By following all the tutorials, the reader will gain all the skills necessary to build and animate a well-modeled, fully-rigged character of their own. The character built over the course of the tutorials is included as a .blend file on the companion website, for the reader to experiment with and learn from.

Introducing Character Animation with Blender, 2^nd Edition is inspiring as well as educational. A color insert includes sample characters and frames from animations by many of the Blender community's most talented artists, which help to illustrate the impressive potential of the software.

The Character of Physical Law (Messenger Lectures, 1964)

The Character of Physical Law (Messenger Lectures, 1964) Review

In these Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He maintains at the outset that the importance of a physical law is not "how clever we are to have found it out, but... how clever nature is to pay attention to it," and tends his discussions toward a final exposition of the elegance and simplicity of all scientific laws. Rather than an essay on the most significant achievements in modern science, The Character of Physical Law is a statement of what is most remarkable in nature. Feynman's enlightened approach, his wit, and his enthusiasm make this a memorable exposition of the scientist's craft.The Law of Gravitation is the author's principal example. Relating the details of its discovery and stressing its mathematical character, he uses it to demonstrate the essential interaction of mathematics and physics. He views mathematics as the key to any system of scientific laws, suggesting that if it were possible to fill out the structure of scientific theory completely, the result would be an integrated set of mathematical axioms. The principles of conservation, symmetry, and time-irreversibility are then considered in relation to developments in classical and modern physics, and in his final lecture Feynman develops his own analysis of the process and future of scientific discovery.Like any set of oral reflections, The Character of Physical Law has special value as a demonstration of the mind in action. The reader is particularly lucky in Richard Feynman. One of the most eminent and imaginative modern physicists, he was Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology until his death in 1988. He is best known for his work on the quantum theory of the electromagnetic field, as well as for his later research in the field of low-temperature physics. In 1954 he received the Albert Einstein Award for his "outstanding contribution to knowledge in mathematical and physical sciences"; in 1965 he was appointed to Foreign Membership in the Royal Society and was awarded the Nobel Prize.

What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character

What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character Review

The New York Times bestseller: sequel to "Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!"—funny, poignant, instructive.

One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is Feynman’s last literary legacy, which he prepared as he struggled with cancer. Among its many tales—some funny, others intensely moving—we meet Feynman’s first wife, Arlene, who taught him of love’s irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. We are also given a fascinating narrative of the investigation of the space shuttle Challenger’s explosion in 1986, and we relive the moment when Feynman revealed the disaster’s cause by an elegant experiment: dropping a ring of rubber into a glass of cold water and pulling it out, misshapen. 

DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide

DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide Review

From AQUAMAN to ZATANNA, DC Comics: The Ultimate Character Guide is you're A-Z guide to your favorite DC heroes and villains! This compact, informative guide takes you alphabetically through the heroic and villainous characters that make up the DC Universe, shedding new light on your favorite heroes such as SUPERMAN and WONDER WOMAN, but also covering lesser-known characters, including CAPTAIN BOOMERANG and THE QUESTION. Learn more fascinating details about their powers, weaknesses, enemies, and more!

All characters, their distinctive likenesses, and related elements are trademarks of DC Comics (c)2011. All Rights Reserved.

Building A Character

Building A Character Review

Stanislavski's groundbreaking acting system, developed from his work in the Moscow Art Theater and acknowledged the world over, found its greatest success in America where its methods have been used for over fifty years by the Actor's Studio in New York.
Building a Character, the second volume in Stanislavski's acclaimed trilogy, continues the total immersion in technique and class scenarios begun in An Actor Prepares. The work unfolds in a drama school with a group of young actors: the argumentative Grisha; the pretty, vain Sonia; her admirer, the clowning Vanya; and Kostya, the diarist who records the daily lessons. The teacher and director Tortsov is modeled on Stanislavski.
The emphasis in the second book is to continue to challenge the imagination of the actors, encouraging them to act out the deepest expressions of human nature and find their highest potential. Here, a new range of physical exercises is practiced with the goals of plasticity of motion, restraint and control, and making the body expressive. Stanislavski also delves into stage charm and character-building by focusing on diction and singing, intonation and pauses, and tempo-rhythm.
Stanislavski's aim is to help actors fill out their roles to the proportion of whole human beings, "characters who will have the power to move the public to laughter, to tears, to unforgettable emotions."

Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints (Write Great Fiction)

Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints (Write Great Fiction) Review

Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints (Write Great Fiction) Feature

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The indispensable Write Great Fiction series continues with an in-depth look at three of the most important tools in the writer's craft: character, emotion and viewpoint. With the tips and techniques in this book, readers will learn how to:

-Create compelling characters that readers believe in -Write scenes that deliver an unforgettable emotional impact -Distinguish among the many different kinds of viewpoint, and choose the one which is right for their story

Each chapter is filled with examples drawn from the work of successful writers and action-and- results exercises that help readers take their lessons to the keyboard.

Force: Character Design from Life Drawing

Force: Character Design from Life Drawing Review

Design creative characters inspired by real people. Let Mike Mattesi show you how to use life drawing to discover the poses, features and personalities which form the basis of character and then build, develop and 'PUSH' your drawings to new heights of dramatic and visual impact for believable characters audiences can relate to.

Packed with color illustrations and photographs of the models who inspired them. With step-by-step explanation of how the characters were developed and exercises for you to sharpen your skills this is everything you need to bring your characters to life.

* Push your character designs to the next level with creative life drawing
* See how it's done; with photographs of models and the characters they inspired
* Unlock your imagination; put the theory into practice with detailed exercises to sharpen your skills

Character Education with Chess

Character Education with Chess Review

This book is for parents, educators, and therapists. It presents psychological and mythological symbolism of chess and its pieces, drawing from Logotherapy ideas of Viktor Frankl, the works of Rumi, Joseph Campbell, Robert Bly and others, from which spring story-telling and conversations, to help young people clarify their values and build motivation for a meaningful life.

LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia

LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia Review

Includes exclusive LEGO® Star Wars® minifigure!

DK is bringing two of the world's most popular properties together again in a fun, chunky format that kids and adults are sure to love! This illustrated encyclopedia features in-depth profiles showing interesting and never-before-seen elements of all your favorite LEGO® Star Wars® minifigures.

With more than 400 captivating images and tons of fascinating facts, the LEGO® Star Wars® Character Encyclopedia is sure to keep both LEGO lovers and Star Wars fans reading for hours!

Making Character First

Making Character First Review

Making Character First is the turn-around story of Kimray, Inc, a premier manufacturer of oil and gas equipment and controls with over 0 million in annual sales. It is also Tom Hill s personal story of the founding and development of Character First®, including a step-by-step guide for transforming the culture of any organization to one of character. With tough economic times for businesses worldwide, highly visible ethics violations in major corporations, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and a flat business world, the character of every individual, beginning with the top leaders, may be the most important and challenging issue facing organizations today. Until now, organizations have focused on ethics training with little or no success. As leaders we must do more than ethics training. Every major business with ethics violations appears to have two common elements: 1) an ethics manual including an active compliance program, and 2) a leader or leaders who fostered or participated in unethical conduct. Why were ethics violations committed in spite of ethics training? Ethical conduct can be motivated by fear of prosecution or by individual character. Compliance officers cannot police every organization, and greed can be stronger than fear. But individual character demands the right response even when no one will ever know. Therefore, the most effective ethics program teaches, inspires, and requires good character from every individual, beginning at the top. Making Character First demonstrates through the story of Kimray how any organization can develop a culture of character. This culture not only fosters ethical decisions at all levels within the organization, but it is just plain good business. The universal nature of this simple idea is collaborated by results from organizations around the world. Kimray (with its Character First emphasis) is one of 14 businesses highlighted in a recent PBS documentary by Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, Doing Virtuous Business. This film illustrates how organizations with a culture of character exhibit growth, profitability, and contribute positively to the local community and the world. Character First® began at Kimray with a desire to help all employees be successful. Since all lasting achievement is rooted in good character, encouraging and building good character helps individuals and families reach their full potential. Successful families lead to successful businesses, communities, and even countries. Since its inception in 1992, thousands of businesses, school districts, government agencies, prisons, and communities in the United States and over 28 foreign countries have implemented Character First®, for personal growth. Making Character First details Kimray s transformation to a culture of character and how making character first can improve all organizations by providing a solid foundation for an effective ethics program. It is written in an enjoyable, conversational style that is an easy read yet provides a clear roadmap for individual character development for families and business.

STICK - Mnemonics for 1600 Chinese simplified characters

STICK - Mnemonics for 1600 Chinese simplified characters Review

How can it be made easier to remember a Chinese character? This volume offers a collection of over 1600 mnemonics that were built by Chinese native speakers (teachers, translators and others) in cooperation with Chinese learners. The way of making Chinese characters easy to memorize is here to divide the characters into smaller components. Each of them has already a meaning of its own. These parts were combined into short one-phrase-stories that can be easily remembered and provide you a fascinating impression of the pictorial language of Chinese characters. For more information on Chinese characters, their stroke orders and interactive exercises please consult mandarinstrokes.com, a Stroke Order Dictionary for over 6000 Chinese simplified characters. This volume is available in English, Spanish, French and German.
(Attention: For Kindle-DX users: The Chinese characters in this ebook are only displayed by the Kindle for PC-version or the Mobipocket Reader (free online software). The Kindle DX device is technically not able to display Chinese characters.
For Kindle 3 users: The Chinese characters are displayed by the Kindle for PC-version, Mobipocket reader AND the Kindle device.
For better display of the tables please use the landscape position.
For all users: Please make sure that the font Arial MS Unicode is saved on your computer.

A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters (Tuttle language library)

A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters (Tuttle language library) Review

A one-of-a-kind kanji study guide that introduces joyo kanji along with detailed, authentic notes about the historical development of each. As useful as it is fascinating, it's a book any new or aspiring scholar of Japanese will visit over and over.

In clear, large-sized entires, A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters details each of the General Use Characters In clear, large-sized entires, A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters details each of the General Use Characters—the 1,945 characters prescribed by the Japanese Ministry of Education for everyday use. Both Japanese readings and English meanings are given, along with stroke-count and stroke-order, examples of usage, and suggestions for memorizing. The components of each character are detailed. The kanji are graded according to Ministry of Education guidelines, allowing the student to prioritize them and track progress.

Comprehensive and clear, A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters makes Japanese writing accessible to everyone.

45 Master Characters

45 Master Characters Review

Create unforgettable characters your readers will love!

45 Master Characters will make your characters and their stories more compelling, complex and original than ever before.

You'll explore the most common male and female archetypes - the mythic, cross-cultural models from which all characters originate - and learn how to use them as foundations for your own unique characters. Examples culled from literature, television and film illustrate just how memorable and effective these archetypes can be - from "Gladiators" and "Kings" like Rocky Balboa and Captain Ahab to "Amazons" and "Maidens" like Xena and Guinevere.

The mythic journeys of heroes and heroines - the progression of events upon which each archetype's character arc develops - are also examined. Building such a "journey" into your character's story will enable you to stop worrying about what happens next and get on with telling your tale.

It's a power-packed method for creating characters that stand the test of time!