dawn.vogel | October 27, 2025
During the WriteHive Online Conference in July, I watched a panel called “Troubling Tropes,” which was a fantastic panel for learning about tropes that can be problematic and how to work with them. The panelists talked about identifying tropes that are problematic, particularly those that rely on stereotypes for people from marginalized groups. They also […]
dawn.vogel | May 24, 2024
If you want to play around with remixing tropes, check out this list of reverse trope writing prompts! There’s a lot of great material here on its own, but you could up the trope-busting by combining one or more of these reverse tropes in a longer piece!
dawn.vogel | October 16, 2023
One of the WriteHive online conference panels I watched was How to Subvert Tropes. This panel talked about what tropes are, when they become cliches, and how to then twist those tropes to make them fresh again. The panel started out by talking about how tropes are the building blocks of stories that establish trust […]
