Compared to my supporting characters, my female protagonist is a bore (sorry to her, but true!)

It's a work in progress. I felt that the previous title, "Before My Time", no longer captured what the story was about. If you can think of a better word for "all-encompassing", it would be much appreciated. (And I know that sounds kind of stand-offish, but that isn't how I mean it.)

 

Why not just "The Liar?" The audience already understands that lying is a big part of the character in question, because it's a prominent enough trait to be in the title. So adding "Comprehensive" seems redundant in addition to awkward.

 

My protagonist is headstrong, which often gets her into trouble. She can be a little too serious sometimes, but is fiercely protective of those she loves. What do you guys think?

 

I've faced similar problems. In fact , for my current WIP I had a pair of sisters, one was the MC and the other was a supporting character. The things was the other sister kept stealing the show, and she eventually became my MC. If your character,however, really is adequate as the protagonist, I would not fret about her not being quirky enough; a protagonist's strength usually lies on their relatibility. A character with relatable flaws and well thought out character development will be liked by the reader. If your character is still too bland, I recomend thinking about people you know, and think if any of their weird hobbies/habits/flawswould would blend well with your character.

 

Ale, you aren't the only one who has that problem. For one book, I was going to focus on a pair of twins, but one faded into the background (which is kind of symbolic, since that tends to happen in-universe too) and one of my minor characters decided that the book was going to be about her, too. I love her and hate her at the same time.

 

This is more subjective, is it not? I saw Harry Potter being mentioned as having a bland protagonist but other characters were more interesting. There a lot of people who did like Harry, and something the books missed was more going more in depth on how the abuse by his aunt and uncle and cousin affected him which probably could have given him more depth and not have made seem "bland". I did not find Harry particularly interesting, but I did not find him bland either, I think. Not really.

If your main character is bland, then maybe try and develop her more. Find something that makes her more interesting, more fun to want to write. Maybe consider using the MBTI personality theory (and I mean the cognitive functions, don't look at what the letters mean)? Or maybe astrology, find your character sun sign, moon sign and rising sign.

 

@Rewrite The Ending I've actually found the letter-by-letter version to be more useful than the functions version.

Spoiler: My own results

According to the MyersBriggs letter-by-letter version, I'm strongly Introverted, strongly iNtuiting, moderately Thinking, and strongly Perceiving: solidly INTP (though with INFP as my closest second)

According to the Cognitive Functions version, I go Ne - Fi - Ti - Ni - Te - Si - Se - Fe: kind of ENFP, ish, maybe?

We could argue about this further on a MyersBriggs forum if you like