tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post3151854589755858546..comments2024-02-16T03:35:27.972-05:00Comments on The World According to Quinn: Writing Exercises, Courtesy of TVTropesMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-70915119027947356152012-01-29T23:15:41.720-05:002012-01-29T23:15:41.720-05:00I really liked your idea for the inverted trope. M...I really liked your idea for the inverted trope. Makes for a very interesting motivation. And a gray one at that. Many people can root for the kid who wants to avenge the obliteration of his home. But can we all get behind the second version? I don't know.<br /><br />If we follow the logic, some people in the town would get rich off of it. Some prosper, some lose. So to them, his actions are evil. Very cool start to me.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17552506345186984089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-54461754686578186502011-05-18T23:13:51.110-04:002011-05-18T23:13:51.110-04:00I picked "Doomed Hometown" because it wa...I picked "Doomed Hometown" because it was the most cliched of all the tropes I'd found in "Battle for the Wastelands," not because I really see anything wrong with it per se.<br /><br />My main purpose for TVTropes is marketing--I'm not writing the story to acculumate tropes like badges of honor. That would lead to the impression of un-originality. I already dug myself into a hole that way, personally and professionally, by admitting I started writing this after I read the first three "Dark Tower" novels in high school.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-62329844425346436142011-05-18T22:39:05.558-04:002011-05-18T22:39:05.558-04:00I think tropes are something that occurs as a part...I think tropes are something that occurs as a part of natural storytelling. They are glimpses of shared culture that resonate throughout the audience. <br /><br />Finding them is cool, but not a goal. Not something sought, but not something feared either.<br />The destruction of a protagonist's hometown to set him on a path of vengeance is a trope because it reflects the universal truth that often to start over in life you have to let go or "destroy" your old life. This is the purpose of a trope, it is a shortcut to drive home the emotional subtext of a story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-605906493873320092011-05-18T20:32:41.018-04:002011-05-18T20:32:41.018-04:00Oh. My bad. Should I correct the blog entry?Oh. My bad. Should I correct the blog entry?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-5759355910830067172011-05-18T20:27:13.396-04:002011-05-18T20:27:13.396-04:00I wouldn't go so far as to say that I only use...I wouldn't go so far as to say that I only use them if I want to invert them. I do try to avoid them, though. Sometimes they happen anyway. Depends on the needs of the story.Terrahttp://www.terralemay.comnoreply@blogger.com