Tropes are everywhere, and “everywhere” includes the motivations driving your characters towards their goals. I mean, who isn’t a fan of enemies to lovers, right? In some genres, like romance, tropes are so important that readers will specifically seek out books with their favorite tropes. No, instead they are more like elements your readers are familiar with that you can use as a foundation for your creative, original story. And us authors are artists, right? We want to be creative and original.īut hear me out: tropes aren’t meant to be lazy, copy-and-paste elements to shove into your story. When you hear the word “trope,” you might be worried about venturing into cookie-cutter territory.
