User blog comment:MichaelDiaz101/Diary of a Wimpy Rich Kid: Part 1/@comment-4675595-20130308204913/@comment-4675595-20130310080821

Oh, neat. The way you phrased your last comment made me think you might not have intended for him to be annoying, but I wasn't sure. But it sounds like you're on the right track!

One thing to watch out for with annoying main characters, though, is to make sure they're not as annoying to the readers as they are to the other characters in their story. It's not as bad for side characters to be  insufferable, but it's important to make the main character sympathetic to the readers - or at least have the readers know where they're coming from, even if they don't personally agree with what he says/does/etc. Not that you don't want your readers to think your character is a spaz or anything, but there's a thin line between amusing and downright painful to read, and I've toed that line many times and fallen right off :P

Sorry if I sound super preachy in all these comments. It's not that I think I'm some wealth of character creation knowledge or anything, I just get really excited about new characters and wanna share some of the things I've picked up, just in case it could be helpful to someone.

Can't wait to see where you take this kiddo~