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Chapter 53 and Musings on Tropes

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Blog Herald Petrel

It is Friday after a rather demanding week, but that makes posting a new chapter even more worthwhile.

Empty aisle on the Herald Petrel, art by https://www.instagram.com/aljeensane/

In chapter 52 we ended up with a very common trope: Our two heroes trapped, alone, with no way to escape, and it is getting colder.

Tropes have become both: a new buzzword to market books and at the same time frowned upon by the #WritingCommunity … being told something is a “common trope” or a story is “tropey” means it is boring/stereotypical/too often done before.

I don’t know… if I look back upon the last week in my real life, I could name a lot of common tropes. Because, ultimately, tropes are just what happens to all of us, all of the time. They are just putting a tag onto it: #angst #hurt/comfort #depression, #FoundFamily #FriendsToEnemies …
But still, nothing in real life is in the true sense stereotypical, every life is different and every story is different.

So, without further ado, here is a new chapter of the #HeraldPetrel, with the very common trope #ThereWasOnlyOneBed which opens up to… opening up:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25167412/chapters/108727824

2 thoughts on “Chapter 53 and Musings on Tropes”

  1. Fabi says:
    November 25, 2022 at 21:47

    @admin Ooo nice to see some original content. I started reading Chapter 1 and then suddenly got the urge to write. Thank you fr, because I had been morose all day. ❤I will come back later for more!! I'm enjoying it so far. :hammyblush:

    1. Strange Seawolf says:
      November 25, 2022 at 22:17

      OMG thank you so much! There is nothing better than hearing from a fellow writer that they got inspired by your story.
      I do hope you come back and like how it develops. Updated every Monday and usually one additional day of the week, depending on workload.

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