The idea that a protagonist must be "active"/driving the plot with proactive movement - that a protagonist cannot be reacting to what is happening as the MC of a story, or else the story is a failure, is a super Euro-centric way to think of story and--
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I'm looking for examples of BIPOC fiction with a protagonist who is not "active" in their choices, like the protagonist in Han Kang's "The Vegetarian."
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@whackofor_a_son@gr8writingtips maybe in certain programs but in word I'd select your text (estimate) and hit word count, then adjust from there until your wc is 285