I've been thinking about writing a wuxia story for a long time. Wuxia is really just China's fairy tale for adults, a superhero fantasy for grown-ups. The protagonist is like us. Apart from knowing martial arts, his skills are simply a quality the wuxia world has given him. In that world, knowing martial arts is only natural. No matter how powerful he becomes, he still faces the same helplessness as everyone else.
The protagonist doesn't have many lucky breaks. He trains and grows one step at a time, with his feet firmly on the ground. He will face the loss of loved ones, betrayal by friends, and the upheavals of great historical events. What he can and cannot do is just like us: he has to make his own choices.
Isn't life just one choice after another?
