Establishing A Strong Protagonist
// April 29th, 2009 // No Comments » // podcast, screenwriting
Hi everyone! We made it back again with another show. This time we spend some time discussing protagonists. It’s crucial for every story to have a strong protagonist and in this podcast episode we share some of our thoughts and methods to establish a strong protagonist in your story. Below are some of my quick notes from the episode.
- Character has to have understandable wants and needs
- Story needs to reveal a clear and consistent goal for the protagonist
- Needs to be able to realisticly overcome obstacles
- Let the character show the audience who is not tell us through dialogue
- Audience needs to care about the protagonist
- Don’t wait too long to introduce your protagonist, they might fall for someone else
- Needs to have a clear antagonist
