on Jane Friedman site:

It shouldn’t come as any surprise that the protagonist of your story needs to be interesting and fully developed. We’ve all heard this a thousand times before. It’s why you can find dozens and dozens of character questionnaires around the internet. What does your protagonist like to eat? What are their fears? What time do they go to bed at night?

All these things are good to know. But when you’re ready to plot out your story, I’d recommend zeroing in on a few specific things that are less focused on how interesting your protagonist is, and more focused on how complex your protagonist is. This complexity will drive the plot into far deeper places than your protagonist’s lunch preferences.

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