The Damsel In Distress—Why Female Protagonists Are Still Stuck In A Tower
The Damsel In Distress is Still Stuck In A Tower, But Now She Has a Sword
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Katherine M. Kennedy
Writer
Foundation Season 1, Like Watching Beautiful Paint Dry
Apple TV's Foundation could have been brilliant if it was called Cleon's and was about clones.
Writing And Story Tropes That Need To Die
A trope is a narrative tool utilized by storytellers to build a narrative and convey a story.
8 Questions You Need To Answer Before You Start Writing Your Book
There are some elements of writing advice, like the hatred of adverbs, that, while good to know, are not essential. Others are more importan
Tropes, Cliches, And The Genres That Love Them
Most stories will use some kind of trope or tropes, there are so many of them, and at this point, they are unavoidable.
Not Like Other Girls. Not Like Other Boys? A Rant
There is very little on the internet about Not Like Other Boys. Is that because the trope doesn't exist? Are all boys like other boys?
Not Like Other Girls. Confused and Imperfect, Writing Female Characters.
the Not Like Other Girls girl is chosen not because of who she is, but because of who she isn’t. And who she isn’t, is a feminine girl.
Rick And Morty, S6E7—Writing Tropes, Retcons, And Story Lords
I love a good refusal of the call
Do We Need To Rescue the Rick and Morty Writers from an Existential Decline? S6E7
I like Rick and Morty, nay, I love Rick and Morty. I was there from the beginning defending my love of a cartoon to all and sundry. I was...
The Strange and Wonderful World of Writer Vocabulary
To be updated at my leisure as additional vocabulary occurs to me (or you). Authorial intent, MacGuffins, POVs, narrative structures,...
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