Sure, an omnipotent superhero is cool.
Right?
Wrong!
While the fairy tale of the elusive knight in shining armor is still going strong with some, many have ditched the sod, stopped kissing frogs, and generally started to take matters into their own hands.
Because it is better fun, more exciting, and more satisfying to actively solve problems, rather than to sit tight and pretty, waiting around to be rescued.
Having said that: A bit of superheroeism is sexy, exciting, and allows for unusual solutions.
In fiction conflicts and problems are major drivers of the story. They create suspense, tension, and that nailbiting urgency to turn the pages. Solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems are the spice of every good story. When the protagonist is with the back up against the wall, facing a firefront racing towards him/her! How will he/she get away? There is no way out!
Divine intervention... The Deus Ex Machina... The proverbial hand that picks the protagonist up and carries him/her away.
What a let down!
How dissapointing!
Did you ever feel like that?
Letting your readers down is never a good thing. Obviously.
It's undoubtedly one of the hardest tasks in writing to create a seemingly unsolvable conundrum and provide a solution without waving the proverbial magic wand too frantically.
I embrace superheroes, aliens, and magic. Needless to say: I try to avoid the Deus Ex Machina like the devil the holy water.
Superheroes make good characters, but they need to keep their vulnerability, weakness and believability.
Kryptonite anyone?
Right?
Wrong!
While the fairy tale of the elusive knight in shining armor is still going strong with some, many have ditched the sod, stopped kissing frogs, and generally started to take matters into their own hands.
Because it is better fun, more exciting, and more satisfying to actively solve problems, rather than to sit tight and pretty, waiting around to be rescued.
Having said that: A bit of superheroeism is sexy, exciting, and allows for unusual solutions.
In fiction conflicts and problems are major drivers of the story. They create suspense, tension, and that nailbiting urgency to turn the pages. Solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems are the spice of every good story. When the protagonist is with the back up against the wall, facing a firefront racing towards him/her! How will he/she get away? There is no way out!
Divine intervention... The Deus Ex Machina... The proverbial hand that picks the protagonist up and carries him/her away.
What a let down!
How dissapointing!
Did you ever feel like that?
Letting your readers down is never a good thing. Obviously.
It's undoubtedly one of the hardest tasks in writing to create a seemingly unsolvable conundrum and provide a solution without waving the proverbial magic wand too frantically.
I embrace superheroes, aliens, and magic. Needless to say: I try to avoid the Deus Ex Machina like the devil the holy water.
Superheroes make good characters, but they need to keep their vulnerability, weakness and believability.
Kryptonite anyone?
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