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I think of my story as existing in both Science Fiction and Fantasy; leaning more toward Fantasy, but much of the magic that happens feels grounded in modern Western Science. My story also deals with current events in a sort of social crit way.
My main character is a wizard who has a conventional job, lives in a small town. His antagonists / enemies include other wizards as well as industrialists. His goal is to save the world, in part by using his magic powers, but he hopes also to teach some lessons in the process.
A few of the story’s important characters are late teen college-age, but the story isn’t really about them. These characters are instrumental in advancing certain parts of the story, but the story isn’t about their arcs and relationships. Guess I’m saying that they’re in supporting roles to the main, who is mid-career adult-age.
As I write this draft, I’m not actually picturing any one particular reader, neither by age, race, gender, country of origin, etc. I’m not dumbing the story down, but neither am I trotting out my vocabulary of $2 words, unless they are actually needed.
Initially I thought that this story was a shoe-in YA tale, but after reading some of the comments here, I’m not so sure.
Any thoughts on where my story lands, based on the above description?
Thank you!
My main character is a wizard who has a conventional job, lives in a small town. His antagonists / enemies include other wizards as well as industrialists. His goal is to save the world, in part by using his magic powers, but he hopes also to teach some lessons in the process.
A few of the story’s important characters are late teen college-age, but the story isn’t really about them. These characters are instrumental in advancing certain parts of the story, but the story isn’t about their arcs and relationships. Guess I’m saying that they’re in supporting roles to the main, who is mid-career adult-age.
As I write this draft, I’m not actually picturing any one particular reader, neither by age, race, gender, country of origin, etc. I’m not dumbing the story down, but neither am I trotting out my vocabulary of $2 words, unless they are actually needed.
Initially I thought that this story was a shoe-in YA tale, but after reading some of the comments here, I’m not so sure.
Any thoughts on where my story lands, based on the above description?
Thank you!
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