TRAP YOUR PROTAGONIST This refers to all of the many connotations of the word “trap.” A character can be literally trapped in a jail or cage. Or trapped metaphorically in a loveless marriage, or in a job he hates, or in a school he can’t stand—or in one of life’s numerous unintended or unwelcome circumstances. A character can be trapped in his body or in his mind, or by a poor decision, or bad luck, and so on.
