I’m writing a story about a biracial superhero. He’s in his 20s, and his dad is a Black billionaire. His mom is Japanese, and she comes from a wealthy family. I don’t want to give too much away, but there is something about his family’s history that resurfaces, and it connects to his powers. He is basically trying to find out what it is. My friend says the story is stupid and no one would want to read it.


Surprise is overrated.
Spoil the best bits early. If it gains traction, you can fill in all the earlier and later details.
Silly example: Star Wars owes it’s success today at least in part to Lucas being willing to drop into “Episode IV” first to let folks know what it’s really about.