What are your favorite tropes?
A trope in literary terms is a plot device or character attribute that is used so commonly in the genre that it’s seen as commonplace or conventional.
For example, a trope in superhero stories is a villain who wants to take over the world.
Here are some common tropes found in romance novels;
1. Love triangle
2. Billionaire
3. Friends to lovers
4. Enemies to lovers
5. Stuck together
6. Forbidden love
7. Fake relationship
8. Soul mates
9. Second chance lovers
(source;https://www.masterclass.com/articles/popular-romance-fiction-tropes-to-keep-your-readers-hooked#9-common-romance-tropes-with-examples)
What are some of your favorite tropes?
@comfortableNight4463
Honestly, I feel like everyone is obsessed with enemies to lovers but I don't really like it to be honest. Mostly cause of the sexual tension it causes, and I'm asexual lol.
Some tropes I like are
Betrayal, but it was to keep the other safe but they can't tell them so they break each others hearts
When one gets jealous
When their friends work together to get them together
When they meet in weird/ awkward situations
When they are just really wholesome together
"You touch them and I'm gonna unalive you"
When it has good disabilities/ mental illness/ poc representation
Basically all of these, but queer. Just a sprinkle of LGBTQ+ please. Or dump the whole thing.
@mysteriouscat12
Those tropes in romance books btw
@mysteriouscat12 Wow. These definitely sound interesting. I definitely have to try reading some of these tropes. What books do you recommend?
@comfortableNight4463
I like the friends to lovers trope, I like broken heroes and broken heroines trope, I like second chance romance tropes and guarded heroine/ patient hero trope
@BrokenAngelxx Those are very nice. Thanks for sharing!
@comfortableNight4463
I'm reading a friends to lovers Christmas romance now. it's called Christmas in rose bend by naima simone
@mysteriouscat12
I love LGBTQ+ romances with POC characters as the leads. adrianna herrera writes great queer romance
@BrokenAngelxx oh I love queer novels as well. Have to try that. Thanks for sharing!
@comfortableNight4463
I really enjoy enemies to best friend tropes. I think it brings a wholesome value to it and gives a lot of dynamic that we wished to see when we see them against each other originally.
@sunnyWriting4806 I agree. Most times those are very funny.
@comfortableNight4463
haii!! i mostly write romance so here are some romance tropes i adore <33
-enemies to lovers!! especially slow burn
-childhood friends to lovers!! and like.. when character a brings character b flowers 😻
-slow burn in general. i luvvv slow burn, it’s just *chefs kizz*
-fire powers + water powers. or generally when characters are opposites of each other!
-christmas fluff 😻
thats pretty much it lmao
@HelenaSays These are wonderful! I love a good enemies to romance, slow burn. They tend to be hilarious as well. It's awesome that you write romance. Good luck!
