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11707910 No.11707910 [Reply] [Original]

>The protagonist is a writer

>> No.11707948
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11707948

>>11707910
>The protagonist isn't an evil person.

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>>11707910
>The antagonist is evil for no reason other than he’s supposed to be

>> No.11707963

>>11707910
>protagonist

>> No.11707989

>The protagonist hates reading and people who do it

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>>11707910

>the protagonist stands alone outside smoking

>the author tells us a specific band or song the protagonist is listening to

>the protagonist is cynical in the most basic ways

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>>11707948
he was a good guy actually

>> No.11708160

>The protagonist is a middle-aged academic and failed writer

>> No.11708173
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>novel is about an unsatisfied young man with a substance problem wandering city streets, maintaining meaningless romantic relationships, working jobs they don't like, and pondering the nature of meaning and sincerity in their lives
>he rides on a train at some point and contemplates life

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>the protagonist is smart but lazy

>> No.11708188
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>the protagonist is a writer as a young man

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11708204

>>11708173
A running theme in any critique thread

>> No.11708207

>protagonist is lonely but has friends and a gf

>> No.11708232

>>11708049
>>the author tells us a specific band or song the protagonist is listening to
I like this one so long as it's not completely burnt out like Murakami does.
Makes the world feel more human.

>> No.11708241

>>11708173
This is unironicaly Suttree but replace the train with a fishing boat

>> No.11708345

>protagonist writes what he knows.

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11709454

>protagonist is a frog

>> No.11709486

>>11709454
Topkek

>> No.11709491

>>11708204
It's incredibly common in uni writing classes. Almost all of them take place in New York City.