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Tag: tropes

10 Tired Tropes to Turn the Page on – hybrid short story/blogpost

23/03/2026 arrowmakerbooksLeave a comment

Squeezing ten overused tropes into the most generic short story I'll ever write and hoping to never see them again.

Posted in blog, season 2Tagged blog, books, creative-writing, creativity, indie author, inspiration, productivity, tropes, writing, writing-tips

WeeklyWritingWrapup.20250517

17/05/2025 arrowmakerbooksLeave a comment

This week: the case against story tropes; an update on my writing; The Spike-related links; and "When The World Ends" by DMB.

Posted in the spike, WeeklyWritingWrapupTagged author, blog, books, creative-writing, creativity, Dave Matthews Band, indie author, inspiration, links, opinion, progress report, series bible, technology, tropes, volume 2, weekly blog, writing
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