The Problem That’s Pummelling Your Protagonist!

And three questions to help them fight back

Bradley Allen
Writers Guild
Published in
4 min readApr 19, 2020

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One of the most common issues I see from first-time writers (though this issue doesn’t seem limited to beginners) is that of a passive protagonist. A passive protagonist is a character who just seems like they’re along for the ride, they don’t do enough to really warrant them being the protagonist.

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Bradley Allen
Writers Guild

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