Who Is My Protagonist? (Season 1, Episode 6)
Amie Kaufman On Writing
English - September 14, 2020 07:00 - 8 minutes - 7.87 MB - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsBooks Arts advice author books fiction howto reading tips writing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The protagonist—or the main character of your story, the star of the show—is often tricky. I’ve got two questions I ask myself about my protagonist that can be useful in figuring out who they should be if I’m starting, but they’re also useful later as a diagnostic tool—if you think your protagonist might be a bit boring, you can ask yourself these questions and use the answers to help spice them up a bit.
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