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Figment's “On the Road” Chat Recap
misseditorial:
What’s your biggest tip for writing a strong lead character?
Sarah Rees Brennan: Have them drive the action: their decisions and their feelings, and nobody else’s. Writers write… protagonist PROTAG!
Maureen Johnson: A too-perfect character is annoying.
Maureen Johnson: They have to be up to the challenges you throw at them. And then you must beat them relentlessly.
Sarah Rees Brennan: Endless suffering. People do not read books about good things happening to people.
Sarah Rees Brennan: The Lord of The Rings was not Frodo & Sam’s Excellent Road Trip.
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What’s your biggest tip for writing a strong lead character?
Sarah Rees Brennan: Have them drive the action: their decisions and their feelings, and nobody else’s. Writers write… protagonist PROTAG!
Maureen Johnson: A too-perfect character is annoying.
Maureen Johnson: They have to be up to the challenges you throw at them. And then you must beat them relentlessly.
Sarah Rees Brennan: Endless suffering. People do not read books about good things happening to people.
Sarah Rees Brennan: The Lord of The Rings was not Frodo & Sam’s Excellent Road Trip.
via:Tumblr http://ift.tt/1xCDCPD