Comments on: How Do You Know If Your Protagonist Is Strong Enough? https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/10/how-do-you-know-if-your-protagonist-is-strong-enough/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Wed, 24 May 2023 16:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers & Readers 10-10-2019 | The Author Chronicles https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/10/how-do-you-know-if-your-protagonist-is-strong-enough/#comment-664995 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:01:53 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=36567#comment-664995 […] more sympathetic, Donald Maass explores the making of a hero or heroine, Angela Ackerman ponders how you know if your protagonist is strong enough, and Janice Hardy advises giving your reader someone to […]

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/10/how-do-you-know-if-your-protagonist-is-strong-enough/#comment-664917 Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:18:40 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=36567#comment-664917 In reply to Jan Sikes.

I am so glad you made the webinar! I hope it was helpful and you enjoyed it! Thanks for bearing with the technical difficulties, too. Ah, technology…lol.

]]> By: Jan Sikes https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/10/how-do-you-know-if-your-protagonist-is-strong-enough/#comment-664914 Wed, 09 Oct 2019 16:49:15 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=36567#comment-664914 These are AWESOME and go right along with the Character Development webinar you guys held yesterday!

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/10/how-do-you-know-if-your-protagonist-is-strong-enough/#comment-664449 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 06:51:26 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=36567#comment-664449 In reply to Ingmar Albizu.

Hi Ingmar,

So glad this is helpful to you. I agree quirks are also good, as are talents, skills, hobbies, and all the other elements that add interesting layers to a character, making them more human. 🙂

]]> By: Ingmar Albizu https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/10/how-do-you-know-if-your-protagonist-is-strong-enough/#comment-664417 Thu, 03 Oct 2019 23:04:01 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=36567#comment-664417 Great advice for character building.
I like you emphasize giving traits your readers can identify.
I was thaught to give characters resilience. Your “line in the sand” example illustrates this in a way I understood.
I would add characters benefit from having a quirk.
Great post, Angela. I learn so much from your posts.

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