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Q&A How to balance the agendas of co protagonists that periodically conflict?

While not mutually exclusive, the goals of my co protagonists do conflict and I need to keep them balanced. MC1 works for the CIA and is being burned. He needs help from someone so he can find out...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Rasdashan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Mark Baker‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:26:50Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/43831
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Rasdashan‭ · 2019-12-08T11:26:50Z (over 4 years ago)
While not mutually exclusive, the goals of my co protagonists do conflict and I need to keep them balanced.

MC1 works for the CIA and is being burned. He needs help from someone so he can find out if the burn is sanctioned or just some desk man who dislikes him.

MC2 needs to know who the mole is in her organization and needs help. She captured MC1 and decides to use him to determine who among her people can be trusted and who was complicit in the assassination committed by MC1.

Each will need the other but MC2 won’t want MC1 distracted by thoughts of who betrayed him - solve her problem and maybe they can work on his.

How best to keep these occasionally polarizing aims balanced without creating reader whiplash?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-03-21T00:49:29Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 7