We love protagonists because they “protag,” as Brandon Sanderson puts it. Protagonists are dynamic and experience growth, or at least change. In his BYU lectures on sci-fi/fantasy writing, Sanderson points to three areas that protagonists can grow to create a compelling arc: competence, likeability, and proactivity. In Star Wars, Luke grows in competence, while HanContinue reading “Why We Love Protagonists”
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Jacob N. Given 