Ed Ireland asked Mark Lind-Hanson:

What quality makes a character your most loved character?

Mark Lind-Hanson Of my characters I think the thing I like most about them is that they're individualistic- main characters have to be interesting on their own behalf and the best way to make them so is to give them different aspects of personality (not just general outside appearances) from each other. An accent might be rendered in humorous fashion and just writing it might be a crack-up. But I try to create characters that will stand out from their cohorts so the differentiation makes them more memorable. If I dislike a character I'll generally try writing them so that the reader won't like them, either.

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