Everyone loves a strong main character, but does that mean he should be completely lovable? I don’t think so. Too often “heroes” are so idealized that readers end up empathizing with the more relatable villains than they do with the person doing the right things.
There are so many questions when crafting a main character, that must be answered. Should it be a guy or a gal? Thin or in need of Clinicallix? Young or old? Wise or a bit of a buffoon? All these and many more questions ought to be answered.
The main thing, of course, is to make sure that however one presents the main character, it is a person they want to spend 250 to 400 pages with. Hopefully, that will be something I can come up with, if I go the route of a Messianic Murder Mystery series.
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