According to that other thread, we’re all writing about wealthy characters. ☜(ˆ▿ˆc)
But that makes sense since wealthy characters have more freedom of movement. Poor characters are stuck where they are and can’t do certain things the wealthy can, and that often makes for a boring book. ¯\_(ﭢ)_/¯
What makes it funnier when it comes to rich royals, is that they sometimes always go in the same direction.
Slay the usurper who stole their throne.
Avenge their family.
Leave the royal life behind to take the call for adventure.
Save their kingdom or empire.
Defeat the enemy who wants to harm their little kingdom.
Endure the politics and scandals of their court.
Something along these lines.
It is hard to have a prince or princess or monarch doing none of these things listed above yet still have a goal and motivation where they can still hold onto their royal status and the story IS STILL VERY INTERESTING!
The last book I read about royalty was Red, White and Royal Blue, which was just a romance set in the real world. It had a fabulous premise which seemed totally original to me, though I hated the execution, and I’d love to read another book like that if it were better written. Normally I don’t read about royalty at all, so I have no idea what the tropes or clichés are.
Yeah…I never knew royals are so limited in terms of character goals and motivation.
When it comes to non-royal or even non-rich characters, it seems there is so much more leeway and flexibility with them in terms of goals and motivation for the story.
Geez…thinking about this is somewhat defeating.
And I love royal fictional characters very much. What the ever loving hell can they do that hasn’t been done before or rather done a bit differently?
My father moved all the way across this nation without his wife and kids because welding dropped to minimum wage and the meat packing industry paid for tickets. Instead of having to rent out a hostel, he slept at a church building that had set itself up for itenerant workers of the faith that came through.
Later on in life, he had a trucking company pay for his education and he went back out on the road again. The plan was to have mom retire and they would travel like poor people do: through picking up jobs.
Why most people write rich travel is because it’s a lot less research and work, far more glamorous, and fantasy that we could dream about being us. People migrate poor all the time.
In fact, if we had come home to a house that had been torn apart this last hurricane, we would have relocated “poor”.
I hold no fear of starting over because I know it’s not the money: people out there will help you set up. It’s really the accumulation of things that own you. “I don’t want to buy a new table so I’m going to spend more then the table is worth to cart it 3 states over”.
I think qualifying for the maximum student loan and extra bursaries but living on the breadline anyway so you can save for a deposit once you graduate and not fall into the rent trap is a sad reflection on our society nowadays.
The title of the thread is So what’s on your mind? and I happened to run across that just now on BookRiot, so now I’m thinking about it. ( ˆ◡ˆ)۶ ٩(˘◡˘ )
Why are fantasy writers compelled to come up with absolutely ridiculous character names? The one I started reading today had Osidisen, Kissenna, Tidean, Lunsen and Mellsenro on the first page… it’s not the worst I’ve come across but still. Cut it out. Do better.