So You Want To/Write a Vampire Novel: Difference between revisions

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: If you're going to write about a vampire/vampires, first you must establish their behavior, weaknesses, abilities, physical makeup, and limits pertaining to them. This will prevent such [[Continuity Snarl|continuity snarls]] as your vampire saying that weakness to garlic thing is a complete myth in Chapter One and having him burn his mouth on garlic pizza in Chapter Five (with the obvious exception being if it's rather ''[[Reality Ensues|hot]]'' garlic pizza). This is for you, the author, to remember-- not necessarily the reader. So you do not have to spell everything out all at once or at all. However, once a vampire "rule" is established, avoid contradicting that aspect of the vampire.

* Be [[Genre Savvy]]: Decide ''which'' [[Show Genre|genre]] your vampire novel will be. The first vampire novels (''[[Varney the Vampire]]'' included) were almost exclusively [[Gothic Horror]], but nowadays you can add vampires into almost any genre. The most popular are the [[Mayfly-December Romance|vampire romance]] and the [[Vampire Detective Series|vampire detective]] genres (well, technically subgenres). Don't be afraid to branch out, however, mixing vampires with different genres is always fun. Make a Vampire [[Romantic Comedy]] (it worked with [[Shaun of the Dead|zombies]]) or a Vampire [[Spy Fiction|Spy Novel]].

 

== '''Choices, Choices''' ==