Part of setting up that main character is revealing these key facets about him. You might think this is a no-brainer, but this is severely lacking in a lot of manuscripts I critique.
Get the protagonist’s core need, motivation, and life situation clear.Without that compelling protagonist, your novel is going to flop.
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If you’re not clear on how to create a compelling protagonist, read some of my posts on the topic. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, but if you’re a novice writer, I would highly recommend this course. Unless you have a terrific prologue to launch your story (meaning, it’s just what your premise and story line need), you should be starting your novel with your protagonist. You need your reader to bond with your protagonist in the first page or two (of the first scene he or she is in). Setup of a strong, compelling, empathetic protagonist.Very few accomplish what those first few chapters must do. Very few of these manuscripts hold up structurally. I do more than 200 manuscript critiques a year, some by beginning writers and others by seasoned authors. Yes, it’s important to learn how to craft great characters. Why is that? Because there is so much to learn, and if you undertake this mission to learn without focusing first on the most important elements of a story, you can waste a lot of time. It doesn’t matter if you’ve written one or thirty.Īnd even after studying countless how-to books on fiction writing and taking workshops and listening to podcasts, many aspiring writers still flounder. Writing a novel is a massive undertaking.
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