Posts tagged Tropes
Are You Relying Too Much on Tropes in Your Book Marketing?
Are You Relying Too Much on Tropes in Your Book Marketing?

Tropes are shallow.

“There’s only one bed!”
Great! I love that! But that doesn’t tell me what your story is about. It tells me about a scene and that there’s some sexual tension.

“Morally gray love interests” are a dime a dozen. Let me guess, he also has dark hair and broods a lot?
I. Love. A. Broody. Grumpy. Man. I do!
But tell me what makes him morally gray. Tell me about what makes him appealing despite that moral grayness.

Readers don’t only want to hear about tropes.

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For Writers, Self-Publishing TipsRaeAnneTropes, Literary Tropes, Marketing, Marketability, Marketing for Authors, Authors Marketing, Self-Publishing, Evergreen Marketing, Marketing Ideas, TikTokComment
Literary and Fanfiction Tropes I Like
Literary and Fanfiction Tropes I Like

Tropes can be overdone (*cough cough* Love Triangles *cough cough*). They can be lame. They can be ridiculous.

But…there are some tropes that I personally enjoy. And I’ll be the first one to admit that some of these tropes are silly and dumb, but just because they’re guilty pleasures doesn’t mean I’m not going to talk about them!

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For WritersRaeAnneLiterary Tropes, Fanfic, Fanfiction, Fanfiction Tropes, Tropes, Love Triangles, Mom Friends, There Was Only One Bed, Sassy Sidekick, Sarcastic Bad Boy who Has Feelings, Angry Small, Shy Tall, Pushing Daisies, Sherlock, Blue Exorcist, Tangled, LOTR, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Han Solo, Star Wars, Whump, Hurt/Comfort Trope, Ella Enchanted, Hunger Games, 13 Going on 30, Chandler and Monica, Ned and Chuck, Friends-to-Lovers, CastlevaniaComment