The protagonist was unlikable, which made for a good reading experience. Hello swell. I'm Bennett Sheth, and today I'm writing and beyond. Let's talk about the biggest misconception myth perpetrated by writers who don't study the craft which is protagonists and antagonists. You hear the word protagonist and immediately visage forms in your head of a hero or a heroine or someone who in the end makes the good choice, the right choice, or things of that sort
So endearing and fallible, I suppose, and sometimes you want to shake them because they've done things that are ridiculous or whatever, but to have it completely likable versus unlikable is boring. And yet for me, the protagonist has to have some likeability about them, otherwise it's a complete turn off. I've read books where I don't like any single character, not anything about them, and that's pretty impressive feat when you think about it, that every character is unlikable
Binati Sheth
@Binati_Sheth · 4:52
If you read the book, you feel as if she is being positioned as the villain. Right? They are using their adjectives and the vibe that she creates within Petroclas, who is the narrator of the book, so to speak, because Tatis is drawing on his memories as they both sit on Achilles's grave
Your final line, there really rings true. There's a movie called The Menu that I'm hearing people talk about how much they loved it and how a lot of positive comments. And to me, I found it did not make sense in any way, shape or form. So I couldn't suspend disbelief because there was nothing to hang belief on. Right? And so for me, there has to be something that makes sense