I need a protagonist.
He’s male – I’ve got that part – and probably youngish, like late 20s. Old enough to know his way around the world, but young enough to serve as a believable action hero.
I was thinking of making him a cop. That would cover “believable action hero” in one broad stroke, but I don’t know much about cops. I’d have to do research, to write it well, and that’s not where I want to spend my research time.
Maybe he’s just some office schmo. That I could write believably, and a white-collar drone is certainly an archetype accessible to most readers. But as a permanent resident of the office habitat myself, I question a desk-jockey as action hero. Unless he’s out there jogging in the mornings and boxing on the weekends, he’s likely not in the best shape for action heroics.
Unless he used to be more physically active, and still carries the fitness with him. That might work. Especially if he used to work some labor job (say, roofing, since it’s something I know something about) and recently “graduated” (his opinion) to the office domain.
So yeah, I’m doing prep work for National Novel Writing Month. My second attempt at hitting 50 thousand words in a month. Since I’m working on my own project this time, and not a contract gig, I’m feeling pretty good about pulling it off.
