Questions 286: Passive Protagonists and Coming of Age

jdsawyer Nanocast May 27, 2017 May 25, 2017

DC asks:
“How can one write an effective and engaging passive protagonist?”

Resources:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Hadrian’s Flight by J. Daniel Sawyer
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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Thanks for your thoughts.

Since the character in question is already formed, I may have to dig around the character sheet to add some more “likableness.”

DC Harrell

May 31, 2017 at 3:43 pm 7 years ago

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