Conventions, Tropes and Striking Out on Your Own

Yesterday I stumbled across a blog post by Savannah Gilbo on genre conventions vs genre tropes. As explained by Gilbo, a convention is a story element that fans of that genre expect to find in a story. Tropes are the way these conventions are enacted. So let’s say we are talking about cozy mysteries. A … Continue reading Conventions, Tropes and Striking Out on Your Own →