The note on your screenplay comes in many forms: I’m just not with the main character. The protagonist is not very likable. I’m not connected to their journey. I don’t care enough about them. All of these comments boil down to this: your lead character just isn’t jumping off the page and connecting with your reader. So what do you do? How do you create a likable protagonist in the first few pages that jumps off the page and into the heart of your reader? Here are some ideas to help you write a main character that connects.