I see so much talk about tropes. Tropes aren't good or bad. As a reader we all have ones we are drawn to and ones we tend to stay away from. Also, using tropes doesn't equate to lazy writing. Lazy writing equates to lazy writing. #RomanceTropes
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But I will say that a romance needs a plot outside of tropes. They support a plot. Use of a trope without a plot may be a sign of lazy writing but also may not be. Also, internet discourse is just plain weird. #RomanceTropes
aug 17, 2025, 10:26 pm • 9 0 • view
UH OH. *shoves no plot/all vibes story behind back*
aug 17, 2025, 10:28 pm • 1 0 • view
Are you writing a vibes only story?
aug 17, 2025, 10:36 pm • 1 0 • view
I sort of have been for years. I add a bit to it every once in a while....
aug 17, 2025, 10:37 pm • 1 0 • view
It seems like such a foreign idea to me. Of course that isn't all that odd since actually writing seems like a foreign idea to me.
aug 17, 2025, 10:41 pm • 1 0 • view
You have email. :)
aug 17, 2025, 10:43 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 17, 2025, 10:45 pm • 1 0 • view
Hmm lol 😆
aug 18, 2025, 3:15 am • 0 0 • view
Excellent points and post, Jennifer Porter.
aug 18, 2025, 8:46 pm • 1 0 • view
Funny that
aug 17, 2025, 11:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Did you see that OP get mad at me for the quote-post? 😂
aug 17, 2025, 10:26 pm • 1 0 • view
I don't even have threads but I went and looked and OOF. What did she expect, that everyone would just take it?
aug 17, 2025, 10:39 pm • 1 0 • view
It was a very antagonistic type post - which I think will always get a reaction
aug 17, 2025, 10:41 pm • 2 0 • view
All caps and everything! That’s the only reason it snagged me!
aug 17, 2025, 10:42 pm • 3 0 • view
Apparently so! Even though she tagged BookThreads and addressed authors directly, everybody was just supposed to shrug it off.
aug 17, 2025, 10:42 pm • 2 0 • view
I did not. I can't even . . . .
aug 17, 2025, 10:28 pm • 0 0 • view
We've been through the trenches in Romancelandia, but these people are something else. lol.
aug 17, 2025, 10:30 pm • 1 0 • view
At least it seems like a new argument? Maybe??
aug 17, 2025, 10:35 pm • 1 0 • view