Joanna Penn takes on tropes

A trope might be simple, but don't underestimate how it can power your story.

Joanna Penn hosted Jennifer Hilt, author of bestselling novels and craft books like The Trope Thesaurus, Trope Your Way to a Stronger Story and The Horror Trope Thesaurus: Killing it with Tropes, on her podcast recently.

Hilt breaks down the five categories of tropes and discusses why to use them — plus explains how they're different from a cliche.

You can read her discussion of tropes on The Creative Penn, where there's also an audio link.

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