Is There Such a Thing as a ‘Perfect Hero’ in Fiction?

My most commercially successful novel ever is the story about a virtually perfect woman. It’s called The Quilt.

It’s about a woman who decides that she wants to sew a final prayer quilt and she uses it as an opportunity to bind the entire community together and teach the power of meditative prayer to her town.

The only way you can forgive this woman for being so good is because she’s dying. She can’t sew the quilt herself because her arthritis is so bad she can’t hold a needle.

When writing a story in our post-modern world, structure your hero so people will care.

Ask yourself: What is my hero’s flaw?

The more perfect you make your hero, the greater the hero’s flaw needs to be.

Agree/Disagree? I’d love to hear your thoughts.