Unlocking the Secret: Why Multiple Protagonists Could Transform Your Story Forever
That seems to me to be a case of 1 + 1 = 1/2.
I don’t know that anyone’s done any kind of study on how well received novels are that have “multiple protagonists” (which, by my definition, are novels without a protagonist.)
Invariably, when this kind of question comes up, I hear from objectors who say, “But Author X wrote a novel with multiple protagonists and sold millions!” And invariably, counter-objectors respond, “Yes, but you’re not Author X.” (In some cases, Author X actually wrote a novel with multiple viewpoint characters, not multiple protagonists. Some recent blog posts on this are: Multiple Viewpoint Characters and How Many Viewpoint Characters in Your Novel? and How Do You Decide Who Your Protagonist Is?
