#protagonist

I think a great book title would be “Ida Says ‘I do’ in Idaho.” It would be about a divorce in Washington State, and the protagonist would be a woman, though I’m not sure what her name should be. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#divorce #idaho #marriage #name #protagonist

The nature of the universe probably depends heavily on who is the actual protagonist. Lately I've been suspecting it's one of my cats. ↗

— Wil McCarthy

#nature-of-things #point-of-view #protagonists #universe #nature

Your Writing Teacher ‏@WritingChief If u don't get ur protagonist dirty, ur readers will get bored. Readers are wild, cliff-jumping, mud-wrestling savages. Become their leader. (anonymous on Twitter) ↗

— Writing Chief

#mud-wrestling #protagonist #wild #twitter

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#find #go #helpless #novelist #out

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#character #complex #complex character #i #interesting

I originally had an idea about a family of people who were homeless, just traveling around without any solid roots or any home, who made their way around working wherever they could. I started it with them. The idea of Joe as a protagonist came along a little later. ↗

— Larry Brown

#along #any #around #came #could

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever. ↗

— Daniel Clowes

#likable #more #need #people #protagonist

I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to write the kind of parts that I love for women but for a guy. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#frontier #guy #i #i love #i think

'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#best picture #competent #crafty #dark #films

I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.' ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#felt #i #i always #inside #little