Q&A for How to Write a Story About a Hero

A good way to find interesting names is to search online. There are a ton of baby name websites and name generators that you can use. For example, if you were writing a story that took place in medieval times, you could search, "Cool medieval names."

Before you start writing, outline a plot. Think up how you want to get to those easier parts. Try to avoid starting off super big, because that leaves you nowhere to grow too. Include some foreshadowing!

If your superhero is a normal human, start with how his life was before he became a superhero. Then write about how he became a superhero.

Try to come up with something that describes the story in a few words, but doesn’t give the whole story away, and don’t copy from someone else’s work.

First of all, don't add a bunch of pointless stuff just to make your story longer. There's nothing wrong with having a short story. But you can go back through and look for places you can add description. Go into detail about the settings, the characters' physical characteristics, their feelings, etc. If you want to make the plot longer, throw in a twist and change the ending.

If you're going to continue your story later, perhaps you could introduce a new villain at the end. Otherwise, it's generally best to just end the story with the hero saving the world, vanquishing the villain, etc.

You can create a boy with the powers of national holidays and call him Festival King, who utilizes his holiday abilities to fight an evil organization of time travelers led by a megalomaniac moon queen who has got a huge grudge against animated movie protagonists.

You might have heard the expression "not all heroes wear capes". While this is true, some do. If having your hero wear a cape is relevant and fitting, then go ahead.

You could give them a catchphrase, or make them do something you wouldn’t normally do in the current scenario. You could give them a certain style or repeated action, such as nail biting. You could make them funny or give multiple quirks, just know that there is a thin line between quirky and weird.

Yes, of course! Give them any superpower you like, the only limit is your imagination!

Depending on what and who the hero is, you can give ordinary names to normal humans (e.g. Mother) and a name, usually relating to the hero's looks, powers or behaviour (e.g. Batman). In both cases, the names should be pronounceable and realistic. You cannot call a hero that flies and have strength Mr Pancake, can you?

This is completely up to you. If you think it would be beneficial for the reader to be inside the hero's thoughts, then first person is probably the best idea. If not, then the action is probably better told by an omniscient narrator in third person.

Actually, that is a good ending. However, it does leave readers eager for a part two to examine the new relationship between the defeated hero and the victorious one., so you'd need to be ready to write some more. Making the defeated hero jealous would be awesome!