3 Reasons Why I Love the Return To Small Town Trope
A justifiable deep dive into the tropes of Justified.
Tana French's In The Woods and the allure of damaged characters
Messy relationships are my jam thanks to the author's Dublin Murder Squad series.
The Revenge Trope: Tightening the Ties that Bind in John Wick
A detailed look at the first twenty nine minutes of John Wick (2014).
The domestic maid trope in The Housemaid
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden has been burning up the thriller charts on vendors for the last few years. What can it teach us about tropes, though?
Memoirs have tropes?! Trope lessons from Maria Bamford's Sure, I'll Join Your Cult
In praise of Maria Bamford's Sure, I'll Join Your Cult's use of tropes to develop an effective message around your memoir and bring your readers into the story quickly.
Lessons in Chemistry: Crafting 2023's Most Popular Read
What are some reasons why this book resonates with this breakout hit? We'll give you a hint. It has to do (at least partially) with tropes.
May December: Tabloids, Trauma and Tolstoy in the Age Gap Trope
I admit it: I love uncomfortable dramas—Ordinary People, The Squid and the Whale, and Buffalo 66 are a few of my favorites.
Fourth Wing Fantasy: Eleven Tropes in the first Three Pages
USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Hilt joins us to talk about how to embed tropes into your books to make them more irresistible to readers.