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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

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The first edition of this book constituted a comprehensive resource for students of higher education, faculty, higher education administrators and student affairs leaders engaging with multiculturalis

The first edition of this book constituted a comprehensive resource for students of higher education, faculty, higher education administrators and student affairs leaders engaging with multiculturalis

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對心理學家來說，原型像一種心理指紋，能夠揭示個人的人格細節。 對創作者來說，原型是打造栩栩如生角色的藍圖。 ◆ 什麼是「原型」（archetype）？ 它是一系列超越文化疆界、舉世通用的無意識形象模式，存在於神話、文學和藝術之中。 神話是人類說故事傳統的起源。瑞士心理學家榮格（Carl Gustav Jung）相信，「原型」以神話角色的形式，存在人類的集體潛意識中。它體現了我們在進化過程中一些基本的人類形象，能夠喚起我們的最深層情感。 每一種「原型」都有一組自己的價值判斷、意義和性格特點，代表人類不同的基本慾望，而所有曾經深深打動我們的角色，其實也都體現了某種原型，凸顯了人類特定的慾望、追求、價值觀，所以可以深入閱聽者內心、引發共鳴。 這些原型幫助角色具備強勁的「性格弧線」，展現角色在故事中的性格變化。每個成功的角色，都會在故事的進程裡學習並成長，到了結尾，該角色應該成為一個從旅程中學到許多的「嶄新」人物。 ◆ 以心理學為根基， 從原型出發，深入角色內心， 因為，原型比你更了解人。 了解人性，剖析角色 你喜歡成為受矚目的焦點，即使你可能不承認；你在乎表達自我，聰慧又富有創意，感性與感受力極強——這是哪一種原型的人？這樣的人害怕什麼、最關心什麼？是什麼動力在驅策這種人向前？ 你知道你筆下的角色是哪一種人嗎？你了解他╱她嗎？ 不懂人，怎麼寫人的故事？ 每個創作者在寫故事時，多少會遭遇瓶頸。 你是否曾經自問：「也許這個故事設定沒那麼好？也許我該換個故事寫？」 不，別輕易放棄你的故事。有問題的可能不是故事，而是你的角色。 因為你沒讓他有血有肉有靈魂，所以你無法了解他╱她，所以無法讓故事好好走下去。 角色是故事前進的動力 如果你的角色沒有足夠的「養料」支撐，故事就會無以為繼： 如果他╱她只是一般人熟悉的那些刻板印象，就絕無可能發展成新穎、激動人心的角色，吸引觀眾或讀者投入、產生共鳴； 如果你只做了淺薄、扁平的設定，就不可能說出他╱她的動機、目標或恐懼，將故事好好地向下挖深、向下開展。 • 唯有詳盡瞭解這個角色的各個面向，家庭、文化、階層和年齡如何影響這個角色的本質，才能精準描述他在故事裡遭遇任何情境時會做出什麼反應、有什麼作為。 • 推動故事前進的不是你設定的轉折點，而是面對轉折的情境時，你的角色會有什麼反應。角色的所有作為，不是因為你要他這麼做，而是出於他的本性，也就是