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Lucas Flint:
Thx so much this will help a ton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.We are also trying to find a origin of the superhero and we wanted your opinion on if we should do a city or a small, town or create our own city in the US.?
Lucas Flint
You're welcome!
The origin for your superhero is important and can be pretty much anything. Some methods include the hero manifesting his powers unexpectedly, gaining them from a scientific/magical experiment, getting them from a costume/equipment, or even something else entirely. It doesn't really matter how you do it as long as it's interesting and makes sense within your story world.
On choosing a setting, there are pros and cons to using a real town/city vs. making your own. If you choose a real world location, you'll need to do some research to make sure you get the details right. Depending on how familiar you are with the location, you might need to do a ton of research or very little (if you used your hometown, for example, you probably won't need to do much research, whereas a foreign city you've never visited would require a ton of research to make it feel authentic to readers).
A made-up city, however, doesn't require nearly as much research, if indeed any at all. You have total freedom to make whatever you want. On the other hand, it also means you need to work harder to make the location seem alive and real to readers and not doing your research doesn't mean you can skimp out on worldbuilding, either.
It all comes down to research. If you like or are willing to do the research, picking a real world town/city for your setting will probably work. If, on the other hand, you don't want to do a lot of research, making your own town/city is probably the better option.
Either way, make sure to do your best and have fun doing it!
The origin for your superhero is important and can be pretty much anything. Some methods include the hero manifesting his powers unexpectedly, gaining them from a scientific/magical experiment, getting them from a costume/equipment, or even something else entirely. It doesn't really matter how you do it as long as it's interesting and makes sense within your story world.
On choosing a setting, there are pros and cons to using a real town/city vs. making your own. If you choose a real world location, you'll need to do some research to make sure you get the details right. Depending on how familiar you are with the location, you might need to do a ton of research or very little (if you used your hometown, for example, you probably won't need to do much research, whereas a foreign city you've never visited would require a ton of research to make it feel authentic to readers).
A made-up city, however, doesn't require nearly as much research, if indeed any at all. You have total freedom to make whatever you want. On the other hand, it also means you need to work harder to make the location seem alive and real to readers and not doing your research doesn't mean you can skimp out on worldbuilding, either.
It all comes down to research. If you like or are willing to do the research, picking a real world town/city for your setting will probably work. If, on the other hand, you don't want to do a lot of research, making your own town/city is probably the better option.
Either way, make sure to do your best and have fun doing it!
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