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Q&A How to make the reader feel like the protagonist is not a single character, but the group/squad?

You might want to read some works that have multiple characters that are fully developed, with no one the "star" and see how those authors were able to balance them. Currently, I am reading Leo To...

posted 7y ago by Virginia‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Virginia‭ · 2019-12-08T06:27:56Z (about 5 years ago)
You might want to read some works that have multiple characters that are fully developed, with no one the "star" and see how those authors were able to balance them. Currently, I am reading Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina". Although the title suggests she is the star of the book, there are many characters who are just as developed as Anna. Tolstoy seems to do this by dedicating some chapters to Anna's story, and then dedicating chapters to his other characters story, and continuing this process multiple times throughout the story. All the while the stories are intertwined and from reading it the flow of the story is not interrupted. He was able to accomplish this through a very lengthy story (8 parts with most having 30+ chapters) and very talented writing, that is too complex to fully describe for this post.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-05-15T01:20:39Z (over 7 years ago)
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