Hi, guys. So I was thinking. A lot of the Young Adult books I see lately, especially SFF, have a character who's a *hero* as well as being the protagonist. To use some well-known examples:
Harry Potter is chosen to save the Wizarding World.
Katniss brings about a revolution.
Kyla from Slated propels a big anti-government backlash.
This could just be part of the YA dystopian trend where teenagers somehow dismantle the whole regime, but is it okay to have more personal stories without them being 'small'/low-concept stories? It seems like a lot of things have the MC at the head of a whole movement as opposed to a personal goal.
Like, my MC is in a spec-fic world trying to achieve her personal goal, which includes escaping from the cult she was born in. But I don't plan for her to take down the whole system, just to get out of it herself. There's still plenty of action/suspense (well, there should be ) but she doesn't change the world order.
I get that this happens all the time in contemporaries, but...
Thoughts?
Harry Potter is chosen to save the Wizarding World.
Katniss brings about a revolution.
Kyla from Slated propels a big anti-government backlash.
This could just be part of the YA dystopian trend where teenagers somehow dismantle the whole regime, but is it okay to have more personal stories without them being 'small'/low-concept stories? It seems like a lot of things have the MC at the head of a whole movement as opposed to a personal goal.
Like, my MC is in a spec-fic world trying to achieve her personal goal, which includes escaping from the cult she was born in. But I don't plan for her to take down the whole system, just to get out of it herself. There's still plenty of action/suspense (well, there should be ) but she doesn't change the world order.
I get that this happens all the time in contemporaries, but...
Thoughts?