HelloOoOo everybody! If there's one thing I love more than tropes, it's subverting them! Especially if they're cliches. Subverting cliches is perfection. A trope subversion is kind of like a bait and switch, but in a good way. You're setting things up with a specific formula, readers are going to expect the scene to play out in a very particular way...and then you pull a switcheroo! You surprise them, either by not having the trope play out the way it usually does, or by aban
HelloOoOo everybody! It's time for more moaning and groaning! I am breaking down the nine absolute worst tropes in contemporary fiction in my humble, completely correct opinion. If you're not familiar, contemporary fiction is pretty much anything that takes place in the present day. It usually involves real people in real-world, present-day situations. However, it can be connected with other genres like contemporary fantasy or contemporary romance. Because of this, I will be
HelloOoOo everybody! I'm here to answer the one question literally every writer has asked themselves at some point during the writing process: what if my writing sucks? A lot of people say, “Oh, stop it. That's just the imposter syndrome talking.” And sometimes it is! But sometimes it isn't. So to help ya out, I'm cutting the bullshit and telling you the top ten most blatant signs that your writing just ain't up to snuff. To be clear, I'm focusing on the most prominent indica
HelloOoOo everybody! Today we're talking about one of the easiest scenes to completely screw up in your writing: sex scenes! A bad sex scene will ingrain itself into the reader's mind. So, I felt it was necessary to tell you exactly what not to do when writing sex scenes in fiction, because I don't need any more trauma and I'm pretty sure other readers feel the same way! Before we get started, a couple disclaimers: I will obviously be talking about sex, so if you're not an ad