Tropes

[meridian_rose]

So, I saw this great bingo meme by somniesperus - it's a sort of twist on trope bingo where instead of getting a card you make fills for, you fill in a card with all the tropes that you (un)consciously write! Smaller fandoms and dialogue heavy are two of mine that closely match their card. Fade to black sex scenes is another trope I use. Under-represented characters feature in original fic (asexual/bisexual/childfree/etc); female authority figures is another. For LotS fic; Cara rolls her eyes (though to be fair, that's canon). Hair kink. Any others you can think of? What tropes do you most write?

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[meridian_rose]

Yes, trope are important :D They are core elements of story telling.

I think we both use 'story within a story' to some extent, though it could be argued as 'nested story' whenever our characters talk about the stories, myths, and legends that exist in the fictional world (Cawfry, Hero of the Southern Isles, for example) :)