#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2025.10.11 — Have you ever written an unlikable protagonist?

I learned this lesson the hard way. Buying editors won't tolerate an initially unlikable protagonist, no matter how wonderful their transformative arc, or the ending—unless you have a brand name or a fan following, or at least a recently profitable track record. I'm needing to rewrite a trilogy and a standalone novel for penance for my hubris.

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Define normal beyond a setting on my washer?

I try to have the story sound appropriate to time and place, so Tye, who came through a portal, talks very much in our modern language. Those in the fantasy world have their own idioms and such. As long as the word fits character, plot, tone, genre, and age group, I'd use it.

Define normal beyond a setting on my washer?

I try to have the story sound appropriate to time and place, so Tye, who came through a portal, talks very much in our modern language. Those in the fantasy world have their own idioms and such. As long as the word fits character, plot, tone, genre, and age group, I'd use it.