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Creative Writing Resources: Character References

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Helpful Character Development Websites

Behind The Names: Meaning and history of first names.
Social Security Name Popularity: By popularity, rank, and decade in the United States.
Surnames Behind the Name: Meaning and history of last names.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection: A comprehensive database covering information on emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry, psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Four Temperaments: Temperament is a configuration of observable personality traits, such as habits of communication, patterns of action, and sets of characteristic attitudes, values, and talents. It also encompasses personal needs, the kinds of contributions that individuals make in the workplace, and the roles they play in society.
16 Personalities: 16 personality types describing human behavior.
16 basic desires theory of motivation: Based on the research of Steven Reiss, Ph.D. and found in his book, Who Am I?: The 16 Basic Desires That Motivate Our Behavior and Define Our Personality
Evil Versions of Every Myers-Briggs Type: Describes both the destructive versions and the healthy versions of every Myers-Briggs personality types.
10 Common Traits of Career Criminals: Criminologist and Author Jennifer Chase post.
15 Types of Villains Screenwriters Need to Know: Traits and motivations of villains with examples for film and literature.
Online Visual Dictionary: List of common jobs.
Occupational Outlook Handbook: Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Costume Gallery.com: "A Central Location to Study Costume and Fashion Online since 1996"
Fashion History Timeline
Sewguide.com: A dictionary of types of clothes.
ThreadCurve: 33 types of clothes for women and men.
Food Time Line: History of food.

Character References Books

45 Master Characters, Revised Edition by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
Call Number: PN 218 .S36 2001
ISBN: 9781599635347
Publication Date: 2012-01-12
The Emotion Thesaurus: a Writer's Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman; Becca Puglisi (As told to)
Call Number: PN 3383 .S42 A34 2016
ISBN: 9781475004953
Publication Date: 2012-05-06
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: by Becca Puglisi; Angela Ackerman
Call Number: PN 3355 .A35 2017
ISBN: 9780989772594
Publication Date: 2017-10-25
The Negative Trait Thesaurus: a writer's guide to character flaws by Angela Ackerman; Becca Puglisi
Call Number: PN 3383 .C4 A34 2013
ISBN: 9780989772501
Publication Date: 2013-09-01
The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A writer's guide to character attributes by Angela Ackerman; Becca Puglisi
Call Number: PN 3383 .C4 A34 2013
ISBN: 9780989772518
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
Working: people talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do by Studs Terkel
Call Number: HD 8072 .T4 1997
ISBN: 1565843428
Publication Date: 1997-02-28
The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Call Number: PN 56.4 .K46 2005
ISBN: 9781582972954
Publication Date: 2005-05-21

Dialogue Books

Dialogue: the art of verbal action for page, stage, screen by Robert Mckee
Call Number: PN 1551 .M46 2016
ISBN: 9781455591916
Publication Date: 2016-07-12
Dialogue : techniques and exercises for crafting effective dialogue by Gloria Kempton
Call Number: PN 3383 .D53 K46 2004
ISBN: 9781582972893
Publication Date: 2004-10-26
How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: by James Scott Bell
Call Number: PN 1551 .B45 2014
ISBN: 9780910355148
Publication Date: 2014-07-14

Clothes Books

The Art of Disney Costuming by Jeff Kurtti; Staff of the Walt Disney Archives
Call Number: PN 1995.9 .D576 K87 2019
ISBN: 9781484741221
Publication Date: 2019-09-17
Fashion by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: GT 511 .F365 2012
ISBN: 9780756698355
Publication Date: 2012-10-01
Game of Thrones: the Costumes, the Official Book from Season 1 to Season 8 by Michele Clapton; Gina McIntyre; David Benioff (Foreword by); D. B. Weiss (Foreword by)
Call Number: PN 1992.77 .G35 C53 2019
ISBN: 9781683835301
Publication Date: 2019-11-05
How to Get Dressed: a costume designer's secrets for making yourclothes look, fit, and feel amazing by Alison Freer
Call Number: TT 515 .F74 2015
ISBN: 9781607747062
Publication Date: 2015-04-14

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