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Steward of the Pen started the topic Writing a reluctant "chosen one" without being obvious in the forum Characters 7 years, 10 months ago
Hello again Emberians! The keeper of foggy pine forests has returned with another question.
My friend @fawxofthecomics and I are co-writing a fantasy novel about people who are struck by lightning. The planet where everyone lives is all dry and desert-like. Every 100 years (or was it 500? 1,000?) there is a huge thunderstorm. Each time, one person is chosen to be struck by lightning. From then on they cease to age, have powers, and work with the other Thunderstruck to protect the world from evil.
Our question is, how do we make the protagonist not want to be Thunderstruck while not making it obvious that she will be? She wants to stay and help her parents, but has no choice but to go. Any ideas on how we can make her unique and not cliched?
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