What If Your Biggest Disaster Could Be Your Greatest Opportunity?
I’d say yes, you can do that. It’s fairly common to introduce the lead character of a story with trouble. But it’s also fairly common to introduce the lead character without trouble. Either way works.
Don asked if there are any potential pitfalls in introducing his protagonist with a huge disaster.
Yes, sort of. You’ll face the same pitfall that you face whenever you introduce any new character—the terrible possibility that your reader won’t care.
The solution is just to make sure that you introduce every character in a way that makes your reader care. Do that, and it really doesn’t matter whether you’re leading with a massive disaster or a massive victory or anything in between.
