Notes from a Deep Story workshop presented by Carol Hughes (adapted and reprinted with permission):
In a romance, the Protagonist is the character who is going to undergo the emotional growth in your stories.
You can actually have 2 different
protagonists -one character is the
protagonist of the love story while the other character is the protagonist of
the overall story. The Protagonist is the one who must learn to fall in love/be willing to trust enough to fall in
love. And the other character is your Love Interest.
Since women are the predominate readers of romance stories - and
since your reader becomes your protagonist inside of your fictional story world
- the romance genre stands out once again for being unique in that your heroine
is usually who helps the Hero/Protagonist to open up and fall
in love.
Why are romance stories different like this in having the heroine be the inside character that your readers ID with inside of your
story world? EASY - YOUR FEMALE READERS WANT TO BE THE ONE TO MAKE YOUR
ROMANTIC HERO FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM!! And they usually can't do that when they
are the one who is the protagonist in your romance.
But please note - this is
not set in stone. There are wonderful and successful romance stories where your
heroine is the one running away from love and is the story's protagonist. Just remember the story Protagonist is the character who undergoes the emotional growth
in your stories.
1 comment:
Interesting post, Ana! Thanks for sharing!
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