“You’re Not Like the Others” — How to Make Your Protagonist Different Without Being Cliché
Well, my protagonist fits most of these descriptions & many readers want to read more about her. So Far, I have a prequel planned, but am still thinking about a sequel. ;-)
Sherrie Miranda's historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on jdominique37:
Writing a good protagonist is hard. Really hard. After all, what exactly defines “good”? Likeable? Interesting? Relatable? Well-developed? All of the above? Creating a “good” protagonist has never been an easy process, but here are just a few tips that might help you.
You’ll notice that often protagonists are similar in the way that they all have several key characteristics — bravery, loyalty, compassion, etc. Harry Potter is an excellent example of this. And then you have characters who aren’t exactly likeable, but they’re interesting, there’s something about them that is compelling — for me, Katniss Everdeen is like that. Both, I think, are good protagonists, but what makes them stand out from all the hordes of average main characters?
You’ll notice that a lot of books and movies will have other characters remarking, “You’re special, Protag” and “You’re different than the others, Protag.” There’s nothing wrong with this because…
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