Fantasy readers love our tropes—the chosen one, the quest, the wise old mentor, prophecies fulfilled and thwarted. We also love a trope that’s been turned on its head! At the end of the day, tropes are neither good nor bad—they’re tools in your writing toolbox, and these authors will talk about how they deployed tropes in their writing and how you can, too.

Featuring Rachel Gillig, K. S. Villoso, Katharine J. Adams, and RJ Barker

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The Good, the Bad, and the Subverted: Tropes as Writing Tools