Genre authors, this craft guide is just for you.

Genre fiction is built on tropes, and tropes make genre fiction the page-turney, can’t-get-enough, read-past-your-bedtime escape that it is. Genre fiction, at its heart, is formulaic. And this is a good thing. You’ll see why in this guide. Plus, we’ll explore:

• What tropes are in the first place

• What kinds of tropes you might expect to see in a variety of popular genres

• How to write original work when you’re expected to use the same frameworks over and over again.

Each section includes exercises to help you practice bringing this newfound knowledge to life in your own work in progress.