>>>its his ex wife and previous children's mother that's interfering with him raising his children and its causing him to self destruct, charges were never placed against the protagonist .
This makes him appear passive, a? weak, reactive victim of other people rather than a protagonist.? A protagonist is a proactive character; that is, the character who sits in the driver's seat of the plot and steers it toward a specific destination, a specific objective goal.? ?This rendition seems to put the women in the driver's seat of the plot and their objective goal seems to be to run over him.
It's okay for him to be afflicted by his ex's with emotional and financial grief.? But what does he do about it?? He's got to keep them out of the driver's seat, keep both hands on the wheel and drive the story in the direction HE wants to go.
Where does he want to go?? What is his? objective goal?
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