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Hey everyone! *waves* It’s been a while since I was on the forum, but I’ve still been writing despite college and everything, so I’ll consider that an accomplishment!

For my newest WIP, I’m actually taking the time to brainstorm and get into my character’s heads, which is pretty great. Unfortunately, I’ve run into the same problem that I have for previous WIPs… that I can come up with + relate to my side characters pretty easily, but I’m having trouble with my protagonist.

I suspect this might be in part perfectionism (“I need to get my protagonist exactly right!”), in part that I often associate my protagonist with myself, whereas my side characters are based on other people, so I can see their traits more clearly.

So has anyone experienced this before, and have advice on distancing the protagonist from yourself? When you begin character development, what do you start with?

Thanks guys!