Rules for Writing Heroes

Hello, everyone! Of course, it’s me, Erin.

I was on the online writing community I’m a part of when certain posts began to catch my attention.

I began to compile them, and more started being written. A fad was catching.

I contacted those who wrote the posts, and they said I could post their posts here, on this blog! So, without further ado, I present to you…

Rules for Writing Heroes by Haniah Duerksen.

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There are many, many rules to being the hero of the story. Here are the top five.

1. You have to have messy hair. It’s imperative. Otherwise, you won’t look as cool after getting in a fight.

2. You need startling blue or green eyes. Always startling (if you can’t have startling, make them stormy).

3. Don’t know anything about your past. Refuse to learn any of it, but pretend you really want to find out. You must have it all thrust on you at once, it’s the rules.

4. Get SUPER attached to whatever old man is in your life, they will be wise and are most definitely not going to die. (they totally are)

5. Make a best friend effortlessly. if it doesn’t happen within five seconds of conversation, they aren’t the one, move on. (Though most likely, if they talk to you without declaring themselves your enemy, they’re the one)

Haniah Duerksen is an aspiring author who hopes to one day publish middle grade historical fiction. She can occasionally be caught writing things like romance or fantasy on the side, though. When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, watching movies with her family, or talking with her amazing online friends from the Young Writer’s Workshop. She hopes to that her life will reflect the phrase Soli Deo Gloria. Glory to God alone.

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Well. Okay. Messy hair is imperative, isn’t it? Take Keefe Sencen in Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger. Startling blue or green eyes? Harry Potter in, naturally, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling. Don’t know anything about your past? Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movie saga. Attached to an old guy who ends up dying? Rey in the later Star Wars movie saga—Luke dies *spoilers*. Make a best friend effortlessly? Umm… like all books out there? I thought of The Babysitters Club: Mary Anne Saves the Day, when they have a fight and she makes a new best friend like on day one.

What do you all think is the stereotypical hero like? Comment below!