: Re: Protagonist Goal and achieving it My MC is a famous singer/songwriter who is bad at writing lyrics. Her goal is to write commercially successful, deep, serious songs. How do I design the character

@Sue2132873

Vote Up Vote Down

We can’t tell you what to write since the creative process is unique to each, but if I were to write such a character I might have her successful but lack that one spark of inspiration.

Singing other’s songs leaves her with a feeling of incompleteness - no legacy to leave behind when her fifteen minutes are up.

If she is famous as a songwriter, perhaps she has no muse, nothing to inspire her work and it is consistently dull and lacklustre.

Perhaps she realizes the missing piece is really part of her and she must take time off tour and discover herself. Preferably not going to India as that has been done often, she could seek wisdom and growth, eventually realizing that the singer is the song.

She can strive to add that skillset she lacks, struggling and failing as DPT suggests. She can seek a talented songwriter who can write exclusively for her, giving her a legacy of sorts, but said songwriter tires of getting little or no recognition for their work. All the critics talk about are her performances, never the actual song.

She could also come to realize the absolute emptiness of her fame. Unearned it has no value and she thinks it was just pure luck and wonderful timing. So many talented people are struggling but she is on easy street and why? Random chance. She comes to wonder is this all there is? Is this the success she fought so hard for? It is nothing, wealth and comfort have come almost as gifts and she, who has so much, must learn to deserve it when others have so little.

(0)

Login to post a comment!