on Writers Helping Writers:

Every genre and medium of storytelling uses tropes – common themes or story devices. However, the frequency of certain storytelling ideas, such as “the chosen one,” makes them so common that readers get sick of them, and every type of trope can seem cliché or predictable.

Yet tropes are so common that we can’t avoid using them, so it’s better if we can learn how to benefit from them. How can we avoid the problems of tropes and instead use them to help strengthen our story?

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