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The tropes I’m going to talk about today come from a variety of genres. It was easier to jump around among them than to stick to only one!

1. Friends-to-Lovers.

I don’t read a lot of romance, but this is one trope that always grabs my attention from that genre. My spouse and I originally started out as friends, so I deeply enjoy seeing fictionalized versions of what it looks like when platonic love becomes romantic. 

2. Séances.

Most of the books I read on this topic are written about characters who are knowingly or unknowingly participating in fake séances, but real ones are interesting, too. 

3. Urban Legends.

I’ve been fascinated by urban legends since childhood. They can make a wonderful addition to stories in certain genres, especially mysteries. 

4. Based on a True Story.

Some books that include this phrase take liberties with what actually happened in order to tell a better story or protect the identities of innocent people. Others do an amazing job of sticking to the facts as much as is possible for the author. While I do tend to prefer the more truthful accounts of real events, anything inspired by something that really happened is going to grab my attention. 

5. Books That (Literally) Bite
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For example, there were references to a book in the Harry Potter series that had teeth and would try to bite anyone who attempted to open it. There’s something so funny to me about that mental image! 

6. Detectives Who Lick Poison.

This isn’t something I’ve seen in a lot of modern mysteries, but I do remember running across this scene occasionally in older works. What sort of detective licks evidence? Wouldn’t they worry about being poisoned themselves? I sure do like thinking about those questions whenever I run across a main character willing to do this in an old-fashioned mystery. 

7. Bad Weather Interrupting Plans. 

Whether it’s due to a blizzard, fog, thunderstorm, or some other weather problem, I always find it interesting to see how characters react to having to change their plans because of Mother Nature’s whims. 

8. Genre Mashups Being Open About Being Mashups. 

I deeply enjoy genre mashups if I know that about them ahead of time. That is, I want the blurb to be totally upfront about the fact that the plot is a mixture of two or more genres. When this happens, I enjoy seeing how the author combines everything together. 

9. Ghosts Explaining How They Died

One of the reasons why I enjoy the paranormal genre so much is that generally the ghosts in them explain how they died. This is even more satisfying when the ghost themselves didn’t know the answer to that question in the beginning. 

10. Crop Circles.

Crop circles are cool in any sort of story if you ask me.  

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I’m writing this from the perspective of someone who reads a lot of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and young adult novels. These settings may be more common in genres I don’t read as often!

1. Nursing Homes, Psychiatric Hospitals, Prisons, Group Homes, and Other Institutional Settings. 

Not everyone lives in a nuclear family home. I’d sure like to read more about the lives of people who live with strangers or in places they might not have chosen to move.

2. Antarctica. 

I’d never want to live in Antarctica myself, but it would be interesting to read about other people or other living beings doing it.

3. Deep Underwater. 

Preferably, this wouldn’t involve mermaids. I’d be open to reading about any other intelligent life form that could survive down there, though! 

4. School from the Teacher’s Perspective. 

Teaching is not an easy job, especially when working with students whose home lives can make it difficult for them to pay attention in class for any number of reasons. There are plenty of books set in schools, but I can’t think of too many of them that have the teacher as the protagonist.

5. Renaissance Fairs. 

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6. Corn Fields. 

Other than the classic Stephen King horror novel “Children of the Corn,” I can’t think of any other stories about corn fields. That’s too bad. They’re very interesting places to walk around in even if nothing out of the ordinary is happening in them at all.

7. Anywhere That Has Blizzards. 

I spent part of my childhood in a small town that had this sort of weather every winter and plenty of snowfall even when it wasn’t technically a blizzard. It’s always interesting to compare my experience with them to how they’re described in novels.

8. Anywhere That Has Dangerous Heat Waves.

I now live in a place that becomes dangerously hot in the summer. As in, people die every year here due to heat stroke, dehydration, or other health problems related to the hot weather. Most stories that include scenes set in summer don’t mention this as one possible outcome for their characters. I’d like to see that change both so that more people are aware of the dangers and so that the summers they talk about more closely match the ones I know.

9. Farmer’s Markets.

The people working at the farmer’s markets in my area are so friendly! I’d love to read books about characters who do this sort of work. Is cheerfulness part of the job description? What is it really like to sell your own produce, cheese, cured meat, and baked goods?

10. Abandoned Homes. 

A family friend once gave us a tour of his grandmother’s abandoned home. It was dusty and had some expired canned food sitting in a cupboard, but it hadn’t been left alone long enough to be dangerous to visit. I was about seven or eight when this happened and found the whole thing fascinating.

Ever since then, I’ve been a little obsessed with what happens to houses when people no longer live in them. It would be nice to have more examples of this sort of setting, especially in non-paranormal novels.