cydare
Minstrel
I'm currently working some YA fantasy and was wondering if people have any tips on avoiding the dead/missing parent trope that seems to be so prevalent in the genre, while still giving the main characters freedom agency?
For example, the current story I'm writing has two protagonists - teenage sisters. One gets spirited away, and the other goes to find her, both dealing with their respective adventures. Both their mother and father are alive and well and care about the girls, so I'm having trouble thinking about why they and the second sister wouldn't go on the search together (kept away from the danger by them).
For example, the current story I'm writing has two protagonists - teenage sisters. One gets spirited away, and the other goes to find her, both dealing with their respective adventures. Both their mother and father are alive and well and care about the girls, so I'm having trouble thinking about why they and the second sister wouldn't go on the search together (kept away from the danger by them).