Can two character have the same backstory?

Writing a story with multiple main characters or protagonists is possible, but it will not be easy. Carefully think through your story idea and whether you might tell it in a simpler format. There’s a reason there are so many books with only one protagonist.

What is it called when you have two main characters?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In literature, the deuteragonist (/ˌdjuːtəˈræɡənɪst/ DEW-tə-RAG-ə-nist; from Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs) ‘second actor’) or secondary main character is the second most important character of a narrative, after the protagonist and before the tritagonist.

Can a story have 2 main characters?

Very few stories have multiple Main Characters within a single story. Usually, when there is more than one Main Character, there is more than one story going on. Stories that have multiple Main Characters work because the MC’s share exactly the same world view and they “hand off” the role back and forth.

Is a deuteragonist a side character?

The deuteragonist is the secondary character, right behind the protagonist in importance. The deuteragonist may be on the protagonist’s side: for example, a love interest or sidekick. Or the deuteragonist can be a villain, like the protagonist’s main rival. The deuteragonist could also be a neutral character.

Can you copyright multiple characters at once?

The Copyright Office has established an administrative procedure that allows you to register a group of related works in certain limited categories with one application and one filing fee.

Can two characters with the same name have no last name?

” two characters with the same name…it’s necessary for them to have no last name. There will also be no mention of the physical appearance of those characters” You’ve kind of boxed yourself in here. Perhaps one of these conditions is less necessary than you think? – eyeballfrog Aug 30 ’19 at 18:06 7 Is this a time-travel story?

How do you identify your characters?

In a written medium, your readers can only identify your characters by what you give them. We cannot “see” your characters. So, if at any point in the story there’s a John, and then again there’s a John, they’re the same John, unless you give us something else to distinguish the two Johns.

Why do people with the same name give each other nicknames?

Any time you get two or more people in a group (or a family) with the same name, they are almost immediately given a nickname or some extra appellation so everyone knows who is being talked about. As an example which I used in a different answer: Take an Italian neighborhood with five friends all named Joseph.

What happens to the characters in the first part?

Only thing in the story is that one of the character will be in the first part of the story and disappear in the middle. Another character with the same name will take the center stage when the character disappears.