Unlock the Secret to Crafting Unforgettable Characters That Captivate Every Reader’s Heart
Protagonists tend to be dynamic characters who have a character arc that changes throughout the story. More on character arcs here.
Protagonists also tend to be point of view characters, meaning the narrator follows their point of view or they are a first-person narrator. (More on point of view here.) These characters carry the narrative, and in a story told in third-person limited point of view, they will be the only character whose thoughts and emotions the reader can see.
Warning: Unless you’re writing a love story, which frequently has two protagonists in the couple, be careful about having more than one protagonist. There’s a reason George R. R. Martin is still (still!) trying to finish A Song of Ice and Fire. The more point-of-view characters you have, the more complicated your narrative becomes, and the more problems you face.


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