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On Tropes - Clichés, Inversions, and Hamburgers


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We talked about the "Storytelling Store" yesterday, where all the storytellers walk the genre aisles and pick ideas to put in their shopping carts. Within the language of creative writing, the ideas on the shelves are called "tropes". They are any storytelling element or convention that can be ident...

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