Writer’s Digest Magazine - March - April 2024

In this issue

Love to Hate Them
Four types of unlikable characters and how to make them work in your writing.
BY SARAH J. SOVER

Anchoring Characters in a Series
Seven techniques for writing a seriessustainable character.
BY YASMIN ANGOE

THE WD INTERVIEW:
Tommy Orange
The award-winning author on the power and limits of fi ction and the breakthrough moment for his second novel, Wandering Stars.
BY AMY JONES

What's in a name?

The Importance of Naming Characters

6 mins

Daring to Show My Dark Side

I never planned to write my debut about the Devil.

5 mins

Love to Hate Them

Four types of unlikable characters and how to make them work in your writing.

8 mins

Bringing Characters to Life on the Page

How to effectively reveal characters through showing and telling.

10 mins

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