Your Protagonist Is Boring — Here's How to Fix That
Bestselling author Maurice Carlos Ruffin shares the five traits behind every unforgettable main character
Hiya, welcome to The Forever Workshop.
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Back again? Here’s what we’ve got for you today:
A workshop for:
Fiction writers who want to craft three-dimensional, relatable characters that readers, agents and editors will love
Your instructor:
Maurice Carlos Ruffin — award-winning author of national bestseller The American Daughters
Takeaways:
Five practical methods to elevate and upgrade your characterization
How to make your protagonist feel distinct and three-dimensional
How to use your character’s complex inner world to prompt them into action
How to pile on the challenges and conflict to test your protagonist’s mettle
An exercise to help you create (or develop) a character with depth and nuance
By the end of this workshop you’ll have a handful of easy ways to deepen your understanding of your protagonist, and be full of brand new character ideas…
Five No-Fail Ways to Create an Amazing Protagonist
Do you find that your protagonist is plain, boring, and uninteresting? Does she refuse to do anything memorable? Is your book petering out as a result?
Today’s workshop will explore different approaches for upgrading your characterization. Because an amazing protagonist is a protagonist that agents, editors, and readers will want to meet.
Here are five failsafe techniques to build a wonderfully engaging main character:
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