tropes
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Trope-Day; Sixth Ranger
Hello friends! It’s Tuesday again and at Just Another Struggling Writer that means it’s time to examine another fantasy related fiction trope. Last time we had fun with a sexy characteristic trope. This week we are taking a look at a pretty famous trope that is both character and plot related. Sixth Ranger This trope… Continue reading
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Trope-Day; Scar Survey
Hello friends and welcome to another fun-filled edition of Trope-Day, the blog series where we explore famous, infamous, and utterly unknown fantasy tropes. Last time we took a look at a character-arc related trope with Death Equals Redemption. This week we have a sexy trope to examine. Scar Survey A trope most commonly seen in… Continue reading
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Trope-Day; Death Equals Redemption
Hello friends and welcome back to another Trope-Day here on the blog, where we discuss famous, infamous, and utterly unknown fantasy tropes. Last week, we discussed a world-building trope to give your custom-built setting a bit of extra flair. This week, we’ll examine a plot trope. Death Equals Redemption Not to be confused with its… Continue reading
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Trope-Day; Bizarre Seasons
Hello friends! Its Tuesday again and that means I’ve got another weird, wacky, and wonderful fantasy writing trope to elucidate for you. Last week we featured fire that burned in all the shades of the rainbow and this time we’ve got another world-building related trope to discuss. Bizarre Seasons One way writers like to make… Continue reading
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Trope-Day; Technicolor Fire
Hello everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Trope-Day, where we take a look at perhaps some of lesser known or quirky fantasy tropes. Last time we examined Glass Cannons and their role on fantasy battlefields. Today, we are taking a look at a purely visual trope. Technicolor Fire What’s better than fire? Fire… Continue reading
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Trope-Day; Glass Cannon
Hello friends and welcome back to Trope-Day, where we spend our Tuesdays discussing random tropes found in the fantasy genre of literature, with special guest appearances by film, anime, and video games as well. Last week we explored a Greek mythology inspired plot trope. This week we are taking a look at a trope that… Continue reading
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Trope-Day; Divine Assistance
Hello friends and welcome back to another trope-tastic day at Just Another Struggling Writer. You know the drill by now. Every Tuesday we highlight a different fantasy trope in an effort to destigmatize the way people think about tropes in writing. In my mind, tropes are the building blocks of all forms of writing. As… Continue reading
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Trope-Day; One-Handed Zweihander
Hello friends! It’s Trope-Day and boy have I got a great one for you today. Personally, I’m a huge fan of tropes and am a firm believer that a trope is made or broken by the way it is utilized. Today’s trope is purely aesthetic. One-Handed Zweihander What epic fantasy is complete without an unreasonably… Continue reading
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Trope-Day; Dragon Knight
It’s Tuesday again, friends, which means it’s Trope-Day here on Just Another Struggling Writer. Tropes, in my view, are the building blocks of all stories, and while some are abused more than others, every single trope can be reinvented or reimagined into something fresh and exciting. It’s all in how you write! This week we’ve… Continue reading
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Trope-Day: MacGuffin Super-Person
Happy Trope-Day everyone! I had a lot of fun with last week’s featured trope, Evil Sounds Raspy. It was a good reminder that tropes aren’t these horrible things to avoid in your writing, they should be embraced, subverted, inverted, played straight, and lampshaded. Tropes are a part of writing and pretending otherwise is only going… Continue reading
About Me
Kerry Share’s love for writing started, as it so often does, as a love of reading at an early age. At age 11 she wrote her first short story, a Harry Potter knockoff of dubious quality, and her love for creative expression was born. Throughout her teen years she continued to foster that passion through derivative work, and at 23 she turned her eye to original fiction.
Now in her thirties, having taken a break from creative endeavors to cope with an ever changing life and landscape, she is determined to make her dream of a writing career reality.
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