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Current WIP has a male lead who is a sort of 'average' guy in the begining. He is never a wimp by any means. He's simply drifting in his life. By the end he's the manly hero who decides what he wants in life and goes for it.
My question is, will male readers stick with him till the middle of the book or do they need some sort of tank driving cop from the git-go?
Portions of the work are from his POV. He's just an average actor who's struggling with a troubled teen son from a prior marriage. He has a good relationship with his ex and is in a LTR with a woman who's hot (but the relationship is flat). In the first half there's a brief incident where the female lead doesn't realize he's there and she's running around in only a long denim shirt. There's also another male character and brief engine building talk.
I'm pretty sure that the women will stick with him through the character development phase (after all, he's smoking hot!).
I just started wondering if male readers will stick around until he man's up or do I need to throw something in to keep them interested?
My question is, will male readers stick with him till the middle of the book or do they need some sort of tank driving cop from the git-go?
Portions of the work are from his POV. He's just an average actor who's struggling with a troubled teen son from a prior marriage. He has a good relationship with his ex and is in a LTR with a woman who's hot (but the relationship is flat). In the first half there's a brief incident where the female lead doesn't realize he's there and she's running around in only a long denim shirt. There's also another male character and brief engine building talk.
I'm pretty sure that the women will stick with him through the character development phase (after all, he's smoking hot!).
I just started wondering if male readers will stick around until he man's up or do I need to throw something in to keep them interested?