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Tag Archives: protagonists
7 Tips to Having Fun in the Post-Apocalypse
As I said, we tend to go dark with post-apocalyptic stories. There’s the desire to show the struggle to survive and shadowy side of human nature. Life is cruel and ruthless, so the story needs to be too. So, how … Continue reading
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Tagged heroes, humor, living life, post-apocalypse, protagonists, tips, zombies
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7 Tips to Writing Villain Protagonists
This is harder than I thought it would be. Mostly because I’m trying to predict what people will say. There’s always a wide variety of passionate opinions about villains, so tips can fall flat on the wrong ears. Some people … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, author, protagonists, role reversal, tips, villains, writing
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Best of 2023 #1: 7 Tips to Writing Teenage Protagonists
(Originally posted on January 6, 2023. So, more than half the year, my posts were essentially duds.) This is going to be tougher than I expected. After all, I haven’t been a teenager in decades, so I’m kind of out … Continue reading
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When the Apprentice Takes Over
*SPOILERS FOR THE ANIME/MANGA ‘DESERT PUNK’* This post was inspired by the anime ‘Desert Punk’. It’s fun even though it gets fairly crude at some points. It does something that is fairly interesting as well. The anime is 25 episodes … Continue reading
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Tagged apprentices, author, changing, characters, fiction, heroes, protagonists, replacements, writing
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Questions 3: The Characters
Characters are rather important to a story. Even if you only have one, they need to have some kind of personality. That’s why I dedicated a section of Do I Need to Use a Dragon? to this topic. It covered a lot … Continue reading
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7 Tips to Writing Teenage Protagonists
This is going to be tougher than I expected. After all, I haven’t been a teenager in decades, so I’m kind of out of touch. Even at work, I realize that teenagers of today aren’t like the ones when I … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, authors, humor, protagonists, teenagers, tips, writing
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The Benefit of Teenage Protagonists
The Young Adult market is pretty bad. One of its staples is having a teenage protagonist, which gets some interesting responses. Most people seem to relate to these characters on some levels, but you have the occasional audience member judging … Continue reading
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Tagged development, fiction, growth, heroes, maturity, protagonists, teenagers, writing
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The Secret Protector
A while back, I started re-watching the BBC show called ‘Merlin’. It’s clearly about Merlin from the Arthurian legend. This time he’s a young wizard who is working as Arthur’s servant. Uther is the king and hates all magic, so … Continue reading
Why I Love/Hate Eucatastrophe?
Hero– I’m rather torn on this subject. Villain– I flat out hate the thing. Almost as much as not having a name for this skit. Hero– We can agree on that second problem. Villain– Hear me out on eucatastrophe. It … Continue reading
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