Avoid Protagonist Issues with The Eight Universal Protagonists

[Story_Marc]

I've been cooking so much this week... The sheer number of breakthroughs I've had are mindblowing... This is just a taste of what I've figured out, building off of what I began with The Story Marc Plotting Method.

And I hope this helps you with your protagonists as this is just the start of what I'm up to now here...

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Thank you!

 

[Anonjohn20]

Damn, I think I've written too many self-saboteurs; maybe I'll make a champion or savior next time, I've never made one of those.

EDIT: there is a ninth archetype: the hentai protagonist. lol jk

 

[Story_Marc]

Damn, I think I've written too many self-saboteurs; maybe I'll make a champion or savior next time, I've never made one of those.

EDIT: there is a ninth archetype: the hentai protagonist. lol jk

I will cover all variants of The Lover sooner or later.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

The Survivor and the Escapist sound very much alike.
I tend to write protagonists who fall into two archetypes - usually a Champion and Lover or Champion and Self-Saboteur.
Or I write ensemble groups which cover, more or less, all the archetypes at different times, usually with a leader who is a Seeker or a Champion but they all tend to take turns in one role or another.

 

[Story_Marc]

The Survivor and the Escapist sound very much alike.
I tend to write protagonists who fall into two archetypes - usually a Champion and Lover or Champion and Self-Saboteur.
Or I write ensemble groups which cover, more or less, all the archetypes at different times, usually with a leader who is a Seeker or a Champion but they all tend to take turns in one role or another.

There are quite a few differences, though it's something I'll be going into soon. It's why in the guide I'm building, I devote a whole section to the differences between each of the conflicts. That and similarities.