Character tips: The ridiculous and the real

Writer’s Digest has added a few new character-advice posts recently that complement each other.

In one, author Kerry Winfrey describes four ways to write a quirky character who isn’t just a caricature.

And in the other, EJ Levy shares tips for writing fictionalized versions of real-life people that feel, well, real.

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