{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorygrid.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fnobody-cares-about-your-protagonist-QkFHU6uH","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Nobody Cares About Your Protagonist","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b537903d-1878-44c5-a72d-c801bef00702/7f75a26e-1197-4e18-93e8-85e16c5f5fff/1453217557artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/ad1b9e41-7771-4c9f-a39c-e83f814addc5\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Nobody Cares About Your Protagonist\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This episode is a rough cut from one of Tim Grahl and Shawn Coyne’s regular Zoom calls. Tim is frustrated that students lose track of their object of desire mid-scene or set stakes so low that nothing matters. Shawn’s answer: stop thinking about the protagonist. The writer is the antagonist, and the antagonist’s want drives the crisis. From there they build the whole values map underneath the six core genres, from life and death through certainty and doubt, and what’s at stake at each level: survival, sanity, reputation, devotion, trust, and faith. Fair warning, there’s more language than usual."}