@Cadeverek group
Pretty much what the title says! What are some things you hate in other's works? Your least favorite tropes? Writing gimmicks and mannerisms that just grind your gears? Worldbuilding conveniences that make you roll your eyes in disappointment?
Well, I have the belief that knowing what not to do is just as important as what to do. So yeah, tell me as many pet peeves as you'd like!
If you don't know where to start, here are some questions/prompts to help, you don't have to answer them all (or any of them at all), they're just to give you some direction. I'm doing this because I personally hate trying to answer vague questions because I never know where to start so there you go, a little kick-start :)
- What are your least favorite character stereotypes/tropes?
- A writing style that you hate? (For example, I personally hate when writers use short sentences too much, the constant stopping makes me feel out of breath, like the prose is a bit too rhythmic. Sure, it's good to build suspense, but I read a book once that was written ENTIRELY like this. IT WAS A FINANCE BOOK. I DIDN'T NEED TO FEEL SUSPENSE. THERE WAS NO PLOT WTF)
- A worldbuilding thing that you think is overused? Example, races used way too often, there's always this one "special object" or something like this
- What are your least favorite relationship dynamics?
- A kind of representation you're tired of seeing. For example, as an ace who has indigenous ancestry, I hate how asexual characters are always written as awkward and how indigenous characters are always written as this "exotic creature" or very archaic people.
- What writing/worldbuilding tropes do you hate in specific genres? Worst tropes in fantasy? In noir? In cyberpunk?
