OctoPrep 2025

Market Definition and Narrative Voice Synopsis

Assignment #30

"Oct. 30 - "Market Definition and Narrative Voice Synopsis:"

"General: Market Definition and Narrative Voice Synopsis"

(1) Identify your story type from this list of story types or define it with your own nomenclature.
(2) Describe your target audience. Identify a demographic profile of your ideal reader (try using your character profile template!) Explain in detail what aspects of your novel will appeal to this particular audience and why. Please read this blog post to understand the importance of marketing, and why targeting ""mass appeal"" or ""all readers"" isn't good enough: "Building Your Brand"
(3) Write a synopsis of your novel using the same narrative voice you will use to tell the story. Identify and pay attention to the tone of your narration. Is it formal or informal? Is it witty? Dark? Sarcastic? Whimsical? Is it optimistic or pessimistic? Make a deliberate choice about the tone of your writing so you can stay consistent when you launch into writing your novel. The tone should be appropriate for your target audience.

(1) Fantasy, slight Romantasy.

(2) My target audience would be women ages 25-40. Being within that age bracket myself and being in book groups on social media, those are a huge section of people who read. Also a huge part of Booktok. It is beneficial to me because even though I've had this story idea for going on ten years, Fantasy (Romantasy even more so) has become popular within that demographic. It's also incredibly diverse (which Fantasy in general is) as far as how creative you can get within that genre.

I think having the slight Romantasy is an edge in that direction. I also think the fact that having a false protagonist in the first book, which the male protagonist begins to have feelings for and then her twin sister becoming the main female protagonist and the conflict that will create with the male protagonist and their subsequent relationship (budding...developing...enemies to lovers) will be popular with them.

I also want to create good and relatable characters, who are complex and show depth. While there are readers who don't necessarily require that, there are a lot of women who enjoy it. I see a lot of that in the book groups I'm apart of where sometimes that's where a book comes together or falls apart for them.

(3) A prophecy. A Chosen. A young woman who has trained her whole life to save the world finally gets the notice. Sent upon an adventure that causes her to learn more about herself, the world, and the people in it, she also learns how complex and complicated the problem she needs to fix.

A missing noble woman. A fissure in reality. A long lost magic ability simply called "The Lost Magics of Dominique". A man with secret magic. What do they all mean in the large scale of things? How do they help? Is all of the training helpful?