Well I think the popular type of story is romance really. And people actually love the stereotypes but I also understand you being annoyed by them. You can always add them in your story if you lack of ideas but change them so that at the end, it’s all yours and different.
I, myself am writing a romance kind of story and yes, there will be the b*tch and the bad boy. But I’ll try and change them so they seem unique and new.
I don’t know if I helped yet so I’ll keep you updated if I find some more ideas
Extending on Edera’s points - a story from a male perspective would be nice and even better from a POC.
So, this is a bit of a random plot idea but maybe you can look at the life of this young man and he is a bachelor - (dw he is a good guy) and his days as a bachelor are numbered. So he is of South Asian descent and in his family there is a lot of pressure of him getting married especially an arranged marriage.
So the main character does not want an arranged marriage but he is stuck on who would get with him but he meets a young woman at a cafe, they have a bond and slowly fall for each other. To add some comedy you could add some weird potential spouses that relatives approved of.
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