Oh! Oh you have to watch Overly Sarcastic Production's dissection of the Mary Sue on YouTube, I think that explains it perfectly. Otherwise,...
I feel like it's a trope. It's definitely a trope on Trope TV but otherwise, I think it can be used in cliché way if you have the boring blah-blah...
Probably horror for myself. I just don't know how to write tightly-wound tension with boo! scary and I assume that this probably comes from not...
Steampunk fantasy often falls into this. But tropetv lists a bunch of TV Shows/Books/Films that use it here:...
I know how it ends when I first start, but often by the time I'm half-way through, or three-quarters, the ending will have changed (even if it's...
I would say it depends on the character and what happens. Someone who's doing tagging on a bridge, for instance, might be doing so because they...
Shadowfax, I understand your concern, but all is well. 1) the prince is a legitimate heir that has disposed a usurper whom originally came from...
I don't think there's such a thing as too much diversity, but I think there can be such a thing as stuffing in too many 'social justice'...
I'm writing a novel and am currently having the problem of working out if I should have multiple plotlines or a singular one (with maybe one of...
Oh really? That's cool! I mean, it's taken from Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series :D Kahlan Amnell is a favourite character of mine. Thank you!
Currently, I've found myself writing a story that originally presented its self as the idea of a character's arc. How can someone go against their...
Thank you!
Hello all! I stumbled across this while looking for a writing forum (first on google! Good job you!) I'm an English Major (about to graduate in...
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