Champion

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  you ready to write your story?

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  Excellent. One of the first things that you're going to

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  need is your protagonist.

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  A protagonist is the champion of a particular cause or

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  idea. In other words, they're the hero.

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  What goes into being a hero, though, Sister, building your

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  hero, you're gonna need to know your cause.

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  What is it that your hero is fighting for?

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  Are they trying to rid the world of human rights

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  violations like Katniss?

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  Are they saving Muggles and wizards alike from tyranny like

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  Harry Potter?

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  Are they standing strong against the Empire like Luke?

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  Are they saving our earth from being destroyed like you?

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  One of the most exciting parts of creating a protagonist

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  is that they can be whoever you want.

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  There are a few things that you should be thinking

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  about when you develop your character.

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  Firstly, what matters to the most?

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  What is it that they're fighting for?

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  If your Captain America, you focus on human rights, equity,

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  equity and patriotism.

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  If you're Percy Jackson, you're fighting to have a chill

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  and relax summer free from monsters.

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  Unlike the rest of your life.

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  What would you focus on when trying to save the

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  earth. Would it be fighting carbon emissions to reduce global

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  warming? Are you fighting against single use plastics?

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  Are you saving our oceans from trash?

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  What is it that's most important to you?

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  The next thing that you need to consider is how

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  your protagonist will fight for their cause.

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  Well, many of the protagonists that you think of right

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  off the bat use hand to hand combat or super

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  powers to fight for their cause.

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  That's not the way that it must be.

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  Think of Marlin from Finding Nemo.

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  He fights for the cause of getting his son back.

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  But he doesn't engage in hand to Finn combat.

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  Instead, he uses his perseverance to achieve his goal.

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  Same thing goes for Alice in Wonderland.

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  She's not fighting the queen hand a hand.

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  She works to get back home by exploring the world

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  around her and being stubborn.

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  What about your hero?

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  How are they gonna fight for their costs?