Would you rather read a book about...?

It really depends on what you are writing. Is this YA? Most YA novels I like (yes, I am 30!!) are the ones about magical people (i.e. witches, vampires, angels, demons, etc). But, I do love a good alien book...but only in adult fiction.

Paranormal abilities set in the real world. I'm tired of vampires and werewolves, though; I'm looking for an author to bring something new to the party.

Paranormal activities bore me.

Horserider, I think the better question is which one would you prefer to write about?

PortableHal said:

Paranormal abilities set in the real world. I'm tired of vampires and werewolves, though; I'm looking for an author to bring something new to the party.

Paranormal activities bore me.

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Then you will love my WIP! It's all about werevampirewolves!

Paranormal activities, because P. abilities are just ... mundane. OOO look, I can read minds, I can float objects? No, you cannot. It's demanding suspension of disbelief but all you get for that investment is a human with some trick. Small universe, still.

Give me Paranormal ACTIVITIES (if I'm understanding your distinctions, to mean supernatural creatures? Maybe i'm mis-understanding you) and you've made it a big, wide open Universe full of Unknown coolness.

It's not just ... look at me, I can levitate the toilet tissues with my human mind to scrub me human arse!

I joke, but really, I think humans with extra abilities are still just humans. purty dull. Magical creatures are ... magical!

Just my personal taste, though. Different strokes for different folks. HEY! I can read everybody's words ... WITH MY MIND!

Give me a well written book and it won't matter if it's about paranormal activities or abilities.

I don't understand the question. As a general rule, I prefer to read stories about people. They don't have to be human.

Having said that, it's very difficult to get me to look twice at a story about vampires, zombies, or werewolves.

SoloArtist said:

Then you will love my WIP! It's all about werevampirewolves!

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Can they turn into bats? Might actually be fun to read about some characters with bat instincts for once, rather than read about the hero's inner wolf for the umpteenth time. I do rather like wolves, but combining human and wolf tends to always result in characters who lose their tempers, skulk, brood, get into fistfights, and otherwise are no different from any byronic hero since Heathcliff.

sunandshadow said:

Can they turn into bats? Might actually be fun to read about some characters with bat instincts for once, rather than read about the hero's inner wolf for the umpteenth time.

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Bat instincts? But is the world ready for a hero who is blind and when confronted by danger ... all he can do is squeak in such a high pitch it's beyond human hearing?

Don't even get me started on the hero's secret lair, stinking and slippery from all the guano.

I don't see why the two would be exclusive of each other. If anything, they're likely to go together.

Horserider92 said:

I've actually chosen to write my subject on paranormal abilities since paranormal activities (vampires, etc.) are overdone. Now I just have to figure out which ones to put into my novel so people will enjoy it and it will make sense... Thanks everyone.

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Well first off, it seems your grasp of writing is a little weak, but that might be because you're from a non-English speaking country or you are very young.
So my best advice is practice your writing, read lots of books and pick up on how others write; their styles and techniques. There's also tons of self help books on writing. Also, writing short stories and being experimental helps to advance your skill, bit by bit. Basically, if I were you, I wouldn't go for the novel just yet.

Write the story that is being told to you by your 'muse'. Don't worry about what other people think right now. Just write the story. Then, once it's out of your head and on 'paper', as it were, go through it and polish it. This is the stage where you'll probably find the most dificult. Some people can edit with no problems; others can't see the weaknesses in their writing because they're too close to it. But first and foremost, just write it. If it happens to be about vampires, great. If it's about werewolves, great. If it's about djinn, great. If it turns out to be Cannibal-Nazi-Hookers, then go for it.

Just write the story that wants to be told.

SoloArtist said:

Then you will love my WIP! It's all about werevampirewolves!

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Absolutely. I love werevampirewolves and try to read about 'em whenever possible -- I know, I know, join the crowd, eh? (They're so much better than vamwerepirewolves.) Just let me know when you need a beta.

Expanding an author's suggestion I saw on Youtube, I'm seriously considering writing a short urban fantasy parody about "magical ninja krakens in love." Or maybe a "magical ninja krakens" interpretation of Three Muskateers.

Horserider92 said:

paranormal abilities or paranormal activites if you had to. Also, why would you want to read that one

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That's hard. =( Abilities IF they're new and used in a way I've never seen. (Granted I'm a video game junkie... so there aren't many ideas I'll think are original). Otherwise activities.

How about mutant vamweremummy ninjas?