Tropes in Science Fiction

I hope some of you attended the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Winter Conferece.  Normally held in NYC, this year it was a virtual event.  Something several speakers mentioned were tropes.  Not using your genre’s tropes is bad.  Using tropes without providing anything new?  Also bad.  To fully understand this, it helps … Continue reading Tropes in Science Fiction →