Dec 26 2009
Differentiate Your Writing or Else: What Kind of Superhero Story Is It?
When you’re laying out your book for agents, publishers and prospective readers, you need to keep in mind what the “default” story in your field is. If you say you’re writing a superhero story, people will assume it is a default superhero story unless you specify otherwise. Be careful! Default stories will probably be rejected.
- Audience: 13-30 year old males.
- Genre: action.
- Main character: a Peter Parker (student-turned-superhero) or Clark Kent (mostly unconflicted adult)
- Character voice: none.
- Interesting events: none.
- Mood: none.
- Authorial style: none.
Hopefully you’re thinking to yourself something like the following: “wait, that’s not fair! My story’s not like that!” (If not, I’d REALLY recommend fleshing out your characters and plot events and practicing your writing as much as possible).
