Category Archives: Characters
How NOT to Create a Protagonist
You can have the greatest plot in the world, discuss a deep, universal theme, and write crisp, taut sentences, but if the reader can’t connect to your protagonist, the story will fall flat. Simply put, you always must create a protagonist the reader will root for. Too often aspiring authors trip up on that challenge. ManyContinue reading “How NOT to Create a Protagonist”
Don’t Fully Commit Protagonist in Opening Scene
Typically when a story starts, there is an out-of-whack event, an upsetting of the status quo that the main character must deal with. How the main character addresses this event forms the bulk of the story’s plot. Sometimes, though, the main character is reluctant to act. That is, he is not fully committed to resolving theContinue reading “Don’t Fully Commit Protagonist in Opening Scene”