《Meet the authors showcase edition volume #2 Est. 6/5/2020》A showcase with @SardonyxSwann, author of Demented [a Gothic Fairytale]
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My story wasn't really inspired by anything. It started as just an idea I had in my head and jotted down on my phone as I was watching my brother's soccer practice, and it basically grew from there.
I struggled with MANY things with my story (It's currently ongoing), but most of all the plot. If any of you are familiar with the Hero's Archetype, I didn't really have anything for Ebony (My main character) to struggle with except for her exile from Absinthe, which wasn't even going to be the main focus of the story. And at one point I also had another character who was her best friend, but I ended up taking him out and leaving her to struggle alone.
As I'm in the early stages of my book while writing this, I haven't really had any readers. There will be people who check out my book from time to time, but so far there's been no responses. Hopefully in the future that will change :)
The scene I enjoy the most actually hasn't been written yet, but it will be soon haha
My story is currently a stand-alone novel, but if I get enough readers and positive responses to my story I might consider a spin-off.
I'd like readers to take away that life isn't a fairytale, and people will always make the wrong decisions. Only they might think it's right.
Another piece of advice I'd provide to an author when focusing on their story is to make sure their communication of the story is how they want it to be. There are many instances where authors have wanted certain scenes to be dramatic, or they've turned out funny, or vice versa. Your story's success depends on the takeaways readers have from the story, and that's why you want to be especially careful with what you say.
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I wouldn't say my main character shares any similarities to me, but a side character; the Goddess of the realms, is actually based off of my personality. She's like a much crueler and crazed version of myself, and she became so different from me that I actually ended up making us completely different people. And yes, I was originally going to be part of the story, like Stephen King was in one of his books.
Something I believe would draw in new readers would be... if this was a fanfic. I feel like the majority of Wattpad's successful books are either Fanfics, smut, Alpha/Vampire fantasies, or your typical romance. But this story isn't based off of any anime/story/movie, and I wouldn't want it to be anyway. Same goes for any smut/Alpha/Vampire romances.
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Yes. I have... A TON. But first I need to see if Demented will become successful or not, and I need to finish it, and then I might actually start one of them.
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