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I kinda hate TV Tropes, tbh, as fascinating as it is, because of this idea it's cultivated that everything is a 'trope', and tropes are everything:...

You're a poet and don't even know it, but your feet show it, they're Longfellows? I'll show myself out. :gone:

I don't think it's possible to avoid tropes. Has a popular book been written that doesn't show up on at least some TV tropes pages? Certain things...

Day 17 Draft - 1030 Keithy - I’ve got chapters that are over 4k. I like the name Swiftsure. The ship in my historical novel is Ship...

Yes, my agent was perhaps forced to wear a suit for the company photo and then in Twitter said they did not in fact own a suit at all.

Stop stop stop! If you want to say yes to this agent, the others are not going anywhere! Wait for her feedback, then move on.

I don't think my agent even knows what my education is. The actually never ask, except perhaps conversationally. (Psst, the little secret is that...

With an unshuttered lens she waits motionless coveting shadows. Elusive light grasping negates with an unshuttered lens. She waits. Pride...

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Seconding all that. Tropes are tools, full stop. It sounds like you are worried you work will come across as cliched which is a slightly different...

The GPS guided my flight-- thank goodness, as it was now night. The voice said turn left my vision bereft

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All I Want - Joni Mitchell

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I have to say, suit/no suit is a really bizarre way of making a decision on who to query. I just googled a few agents who represent writers I know,...

Gosh Lisa, I so admire your literary expertise. Your knowledge is incredible.

Best of luck on the current novel, and welcome back to AW!

I wasn’t influenced by video games per se, but I was certainly interested in writing rules for gaming systems (30 years later, I still am). Those...

I'm writing a shapeshifting story where a girl turns into a bird during the night. It is aimed at more MG, but I went with the clothes fall off ...

Welcome back, Z.W. Glad you found us again.

tansy

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Were the twins wearing matching tutus?

First: That isn't a trope; it's a motif. It's a smaller chunk of pattern than a trope. A trope would be something like street urchin turns out to be...

This weekend was pretty tough, not gonna lie. My mom had surgery (which was planned), and everything went perfectly and she really handled the whole...

The GPS guided my flight-- thank goodness, as it was now night. The voice said turn left

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