Just like romance, paranormal is another broad genre that is based on the belief system or culture of a particular group or folks. Paranormal stories are based on non scientific, unexplainable beliefs that are beyond normal understanding and better experienced.
'Para' means anything that is above, beyond, or contrary to ...
So paranormal means anything that is above, beyond, or contrary to... normal
Notable paranormal beliefs include those that pertain to telepathy, extrasensory perception, psychological, spiritualism and the pseudosciences of ghost hunting, cryptozoology, and ufology or the results of an experiment gone wrong.
Your main idea of a paranormal story should evolve around this topics. That should give readers a feel of what is going down in your story.
So who gets to experience the paranormal? Your main character.
In ghost hunting, your main character could be a ghost, a spirit or a demon,
In ufology, your main character could be aliens or extraterrestrial beings
In cryptozoology, your story can evolve around ancient folktales of strange happenings or beings such as big foot.
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