A writer’s guide to tropes, clichés, themes, archetypes, and stereotypes.
Trope, Theme, Cliché, Motif, Archetype A post that provides detailed definitions of each of these terms.
Stereotypes, Archetypes, Tropes, Clichés A lengthy guide that provides detailed explanations of these terms, along with examples. Also offers advice and suggestions for how to use them in your writing, and suggests things to consider when using them. Many of the additional resources are broken links. Only about half of the referenced links work.
Tropes vs. Clichés Explains the difference between tropes and clichés. Explains why using a trope that has been used before doesn’t matter, but rather how you use it.
All Stories Have Themes Briefly explains what a theme is, and how every story has themes in it.
Reusing an Idea Too Much A tumblr thread that explains why you don’t have to worry about using the same themes or ideas in your story that have been used before.
How You Tell the Story Matters Explains that different people can do different things with the same basic plot, concept, or trope by using their own voice and style choices.
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people who don't experience hyperfixation don't know what it feels like to hyperfixate so much on something that it becomes not only your subject of obsession but also your source of happiness and literally the main reason why you still keep going; literal source of strength and life.
shoutout to my favorite fictional characters, favorite people, favorite ships, favorite movies, favorite tv shows, fanfics and archive of our own
me as a writer
Writers are scary because we’ll take personal trauma and think, "Hmm… what if this happened to my fictional characters but worse?"
me with aeba myozurumaru :( that stupid rat kid i love himhes so cute i like him but he looks like a rat
BTW when you encounter a character and think "What's this guy's fucking problem?" that's your body trying to give you an out before you fall into obsession.
not the gc, i mean my private twitter account and by interacting i mean retweeting from the same 13 people
when you have your own little space where you interact with the same 13 people you sometimes forget that you aren’t normal and you are a minority <<
A monster forcefully switches places with you. You become a horrible creature, and the monster assumes your form. Unfortunately for the monster, your life absolutely sucks—and you have no intention of swapping back.
len pretty pretty please leoni len specifically but i don't mind any other card as long as it's purple(ish)
you know who i am, lol <3
one purple len collage for u!! chat why he ourple
i was gonna not add ichi5 len but i didnt rlly wanna put bug len in there and hes cute so eh
as always, my reqs are open!! ^^
some of my favorite project diva modules,,
im actively waiting for the collapse of humanity • any prns unlabelled arospec
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