General Writing Advice 4 How 2 Write Anything/Anyone

[SuperPulp2789]

Just a thread for advice on how to write well, anything

Though I do got a question

How do write multiple protagonists at the same time? Or have a team be the protagonists instead of just one guy?

 

[Biigoh]

Just a thread for advice on how to write well, anything

Though I do got a question

How do write multiple protagonists at the same time? Or have a team be the protagonists instead of just one guy?

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Best recommendation is to get other people to do their perspectives. As it lends a different 'voice' or way of speak.

Basically, speaking is the tricky part.

 

[BronzePlaceWriter]

Just a thread for advice on how to write well, anything

Though I do got a question

How do write multiple protagonists at the same time? Or have a team be the protagonists instead of just one guy?

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The same way you'd write one protagonist but several times. Make sure their personalities are different and they have different and specific goals they each want to accomplish. Give each of them their own time in the light because if you don't, it just becomes ''Main Character and Friends''. Preferably, give each of them a major arc and develop them as the story goes even during someone else's arc.

For having the team be the protagonist, I would recommend ''The Chronicles of the Raven'' which is a series of fantasy books based around a team of mercenaries. Very well written, but one of the defining elements is that it's about the team, not any singular member. Indeed, it's not shy about killing off well established characters who would be protected in other works. This isn't treated lightly, but happens enough that you're never sure just who will actually live in a fight.

By the end of the series, I am pretty sure nearly all the original characters are dead or retired, but the team is still the team.

The Raven is also a good place to learn how to write characters that genuinely like each other, male characters that are bonded as close as family, and how to generally write elite groups or teams who know they're good and seem arrogant about it while also depicting the sheer work and effort that goes under the surface when you have to maintain that rep.

 

[SuperPulp2789]

The same way you'd write one protagonist but several times. Make sure their personalities are different and they have different and specific goals they each want to accomplish. Give each of them their own time in the light because if you don't, it just becomes ''Main Character and Friends''. Preferably, give each of them a major arc and develop them as the story goes even during someone else's arc.

For having the team be the protagonist, I would recommend ''The Chronicles of the Raven'' which is a series of fantasy books based around a team of mercenaries. Very well written, but one of the defining elements is that it's about the team, not any singular member. Indeed, it's not shy about killing off well established characters who would be protected in other works. This isn't treated lightly, but happens enough that you're never sure just who will actually live in a fight.

By the end of the series, I am pretty sure nearly all the original characters are dead or retired, but the team is still the team.

The Raven is also a good place to learn how to write characters that genuinely like each other, male characters that are bonded as close as family, and how to generally write elite groups or teams who know they're good and seem arrogant about it while also depicting the sheer work and effort that goes under the surface when you have to maintain that rep.

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This fic is doing what I am sort of aiming for

Goddesses and Guardians - Blue_Jello_Mello - 니케: 승리의 여신 | Goddess of Victory: Nikke (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

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I can tell who's who

But I am pretty sure it's clearly not 1st Person Perspective

The writer said "I don't want to write four protagonists at once" which was why he ended up having the Guardians be the Commander, but now he technically has six protagonists because the Ghosts always accompany their Guardians

Like writing a NIER Automata fic, but gotta remember that the Androids have their Pods following them

 

[Evillevi]

Just a thread for advice on how to write well, anything

Though I do got a question

How do write multiple protagonists at the same time? Or have a team be the protagonists instead of just one guy?

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Smart Structure and lots of hard work.

There's no one fix method to do it IIRC, but the issue with doing it well is that it legitimately requires that you are smart about the events occuring.

Take Hunter x Hunter. It currently has 3 protagonist, 2 antagonist and 2 Anti-Hero going on simultaneously with different plots and events surrounding them. And in this case to make it work Togashi made all of the plot revolve around 1 singular keystone event. He then shows what each person is doing at a particular moment in time where relevant.