My magazine collection
*83 copies which include Writer’s Journal, The Writer,
Writer’s Digest, and Quill and Quire—as well as one copy of Script.
*Articles follow the writing process from how to evaluate an idea to how to promote your book--and most everything in between.
*The oldest magazine in my collection dates back to 2006
I’m always on the lookout for magazines on the craft of
writing. That’s how I found Poets & Writers. I’ve just pawed through but
already feel like I got my money’s worth simply by reading J.T. Bushnell’s
article—The Jerks: Creating Sympathetic
Characters.
Here are some of the tips he shares…
-Show your character’s vulnerability.
-‘[T]he harder characters are on themselves, the harder it
is to call them jerks.’
-Create characters that are aware of the beauty that
surrounds them.
-Create characters that are interested in the activities of
secondary characters.
I look forward to more hours of reading.
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