Chapter | seven
Your Protagonist: The Most Interesting Girl in the Room
Your protagonist is special. She must be, otherwise you wouldn't be writing an entire screenplay about her. You dreamed her up, and now you have a certain responsibility to chronicle her struggles, wreck her life and then rebuild her from the wreckage, stronger and tougher.
You better believe that your protagonist is the most interesting person in the story. Her hilarious friend might steal a scene every now and then, and the antagonist sure is a textured and compelling bad guy, but if you had to choose between them and her? There'd be no question. Your protagonist is special – you know this in your heart – and it's your job to make the reader believe it, too.
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