Have Your Got Your Tropes In Line? by shadowspub

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hive-179541 · @shadowspub · May 15 '22

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Have Your Got Your Tropes In Line?

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### Exploring the trope’s role in storytelling.

People have shared stories since their earliest of times. News was passed through travellers telling stories. Many concepts are more readily understood through relatable stories than reciting boring, cliche details.

Tropes are used as the building blocks of stories. Different ones for different points of the story. When done effectively, they guide the audience in a frictionless manner allowing them to become engrossed in the story.

### What's A Trope?

A trope is the use of words or situations with the meaning changed. Figurative speech is a form of trope as are metaphorical references. They are most commonly used as plot devices in storytelling.

Tropes come in many shapes and uses, they can be a theme, symbol, literary device, character etc. Some can be combined to created now outlooks. Using them in storytelling allows the creator to convey the uniqueness of the story and its characters.

Their imagery is something most audiences have some familiarity with sort of like a song in a familiar key even though you might not know the words.

Familiar concepts the audience recognizes means you don't have to take them out of the story to explain what is going on. For example if a character said something moved at light-speed, no explanation is needed.

Some tropes are more commonly found in specific genres like in fantasy the use of the term 'the Chosen One' or in romance a 'fake relationship'. Some will refer to cultural references, for example if I make reference to going to 'Timmies', Canadians will know it refers to the coffee/donut chain called Tim Hortons.

### Tropes Are Not Cliches

Tropes are often mixed up with cliches. There can be some similarities and also distinctive differences. The most important difference is the comfortable familiarity a trope will convey while a cliché will render work dull and uninteresting.

The effective use of tropes is an important part of writing good stories. Use them well and you have a rich, compelling story. Poorly and you've got stacked up cliches. Storytelling is not just used to tell fiction stories, the skill of telling effective stories is an important tool for effective communitication.

### Exploring Tropes

There are many kinds of tropes used at different points in a story. I could attempt to use some examples here but truly, I’d be hit and miss on what would interest you.

What prompted me to write this piece was coming across first a page called [“The Periodic Table of Storytelling”](https://jamesharris.design/periodic/). Designed to look like the periodic table we all were familiar with in science. *The header image on this post is from the table.*

The ‘elements’ on the table refer to tropes used in storytelling. Each element has an identifier, a trope name and in the top right corner a number referring to popularity in kilowicks. The small print refers to links to pages within the wiki expressed in thousands.

### Wiki? What wiki?

Well, then I started exploring the links attached to each of the elements. They took me to a page on [TVTropes](https://tvtropes.org/) where I found a detailed exploration of each trope, including examples.

By the time you finish exploring, you’ll have a pretty clear idea of what the trope is, how it’s used and the meaning conveyed.

Don’t know about you, but I think spending some time exploring that periodic table and the wiki could really enrich your storytelling skills.

A Literary Device Resource

Before I go, I should also share with you a website devoted to helping you understand [literary devices]( https://literarydevices.net/) and how to use them.

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@acgalarza · May 15 '22

>The effective use of tropes is an important part of writing good stories. Use them well and you have a rich, compelling story... Storytelling is not just used to tell fiction stories, the skill of telling effective stories is an important tool for effective communication.

One of my goals as a creator is to create content that adds value to my readers. I want to do it in a way that is fun and engaging, yet provocative and deep in a way that makes people think. Finding the right words, analogies, figures of speech, and examples is a challenge I grapple with every day.

Thanks for sharing this post, @shadowspub! It pushes me to achieve those aspirations. The table seems complicated to me, but I am going to give it a try.
!LUV

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@shadowspub · May 17 '22

OH I just noticed I'd not answered you. I think exploring the table would be a great idea to grow your understanding. Just work one element at a time.. start with something you're familiar with.

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@acgalarza · May 17 '22

>Just work one element at a time

That's great advice! I looked at it and I got cross-eyed! 🤣

I'll go slow! Thanks, @shadowspub!

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@gangstalking · May 16 '22

5 years this has been happening to me, it started here, around people that are still here. Homeland security has done nothing at all, they are not here to protect us. Dont we pay them to stop shit like this? The NSA, CIA, FBI, Police and our Government has done nothing. Just like they did with the Havana Syndrome, nothing. Patriot Act my ass. The American government is completely incompetent. The NSA should be taken over by the military and contained Immediately for investigation. I bet we can get to the sources of V2K and RNM then. https://peakd.com/gangstalking/@acousticpulses/electronic-terrorism-and-gaslighting--if-you-downvote-this-post-you-are-part-of-the-problem

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@george-dee · May 18 '22

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I have gone through the article twice and I am still trying to get a good grip on the content.

I know there are several steps and guides to writing, hopefully I can get more information through the link.

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@shadowspub · May 19 '22

when you go through to the chart, each element on the chair links to a more indepth page about it. It will take time to explore.

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@lemouth · May 16 '22

$0.02

I got attracted by the picture of the Mendeleev table (that is not a Mendeleev table of course) shown at the top of your blog and that appeared in my Twitter feed. Whereas I knew some (actually only a few) tropes shown in this table, most of them were totally unknown to me. I believe that they could also be used in contexts different from story-telling, and render any reading more attractive. 

I should probably think about this twice by myself...  Maybe for my next blog. Who knows?

On the other hand, on the "number"-side (and believe me I love numbers), I enjoyed the introduction of the word "kilo-wicks". That's cool!

Have a great week!

👍 shadowspub

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@shadowspub · May 16 '22

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most writing is a form of storytelling. When messages can be shared in a storytelling style, people take them in and remember them better. It has taken me a while to embrace that storytelling is intertwined into communications of all kinds. When I listen closely to an ineffective speaker, I realize, they are sharing facts, yes, but not in a way they speak to me. It was an eye-opener.
 
Great to see you... it has been a while.

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@lemouth · May 17 '22

$0.02

I agree with what you said. Getting the audience attracted by the speech/write-up is crucial. In my case, I can probably say that's something easy to do orally. However, when writing is considered, the story is different. I always have the tendency to write in a scientific manner (and then only scientists can get interested by the tone), or as I would speak (and this would read weirdly). Finding something in the middle is probably the way to go. However, that's easier to say than to do. Anyway, thanks for this blog which I truly found interesting!

> Great to see you... it has been a while.

Indeed. I disappeared during 18 months because of the pandemic and  the associated burden, before reappearing last December. Since there, I am quite active, although I must confess I rarely move away from the different science tags or the French-speaking community. Whereas this is not that great for author discovery, I discovered Twitter recently (yeah... better late then never) and this allows to find interesting and blogs on topics beyond my zone of comfort.

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@samsmith1971 · May 19 '22

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@shadowspub · May 19 '22

I've been meaning to spend more time on the literary devices site .. now I can add the tropes to the exploration

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@wanderingmoon · May 20 '22

I came across this table a few weeks ago perusing Pinterest. Nice write up. 
What do you have on world Building?

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@shadowspub · May 21 '22

nothing I've come across as yet... I never know what will popup in my inbox.

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@zyzymena · May 18 '22

$0.03

Wow! I am not a literature student but I do write short stories and this is the first time I'm coming across the word "tropes". I'll definitely click that link to see the various examples and learn more. Thanks for this exposition

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@shadowspub · May 19 '22

I'd seen the word recently and can't say I'd heard it often before then. The chart is interesting to explore.

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