Line #71 Main/CreatorStandpointIndex


1	[floatboxright:
2	Subcategories:
3	+WritingPitfallIndex
4	+TheCreatorsForgotAboutThisIndex
5	+CreatorViewerReactionsIndex
6	]
7
8	->'''Abed:''' I wanna tell the story of Jesus from the perspective of a filmmaker exploring the life of Jesus.\
9	'''Shirley:''' That sounds ... very appealing to filmmakers.
10	-->-- ''Series/{{Community}}'', "[[Recap/CommunityS2E05MessianicMythsAndAncientPeoples Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples]]"
11
12
13	{{Creators}}, as we know, are [[MostWritersAreHuman people, too]]. They have ups, they have downs, they have opinions, and sometimes they [[CreatorBreakdown screw things up]]. This is an index for all of those tropes that show or result in some part of the creator's humanity, world view, or mental state influencing his or her final work.
14
15	Please note that if someone else's opinion influences the work, they've probably got the creator(s) on a CreativityLeash.
16	----
17	!!Tropes:
18	[[index]]
19	* AnAesop: A story's main message or moral.
20	* AnimeReality: An index for stereotypes in anime.
21	* ArtReflectsPersonality: An artist's work reveals what's going in their head and/or heart.
22	* ArtistDisillusionment: When an artist hates their own creative career and/or fanbase.
23	* AuthorAppeal: Content featured in the work because it's what the creator likes.
24	* AuthorAvatar: A character who is intended to represent the creator.
25	* AuthorCatchphrase: A phrase not necessarily spoken by a character, but appears several times throughout a novel.
26	* AuthorFilibuster: The story comes to a grinding halt so the author can give their readers a long, ''long'' speech about a message or opinion.
27	** CharacterFilibuster: A character goes on and on and ''on'' about a message, a story, a philosophy, etc.
28	* AuthorPhobia: The author's own fears come to fruition in their work.
29	* AuthorTract: The work is basically a heavy-handed rant expressing the creator's viewpoints.
30	* BorrowingFromTheSisterSeries: A creator takes a successful feature from one of their series to use in another, minimizing the risk of trying something completely new.
31	* BuryYourArt: The creator goes out of their way to make sure no one can access a work they hate.
32	* CharacterShilling: The creator likes a certain character and goes out of their way to convey this through the other characters.
33	* CelebrityBreakUpSong: A BreakUpSong written by a celebrity about another celebrity.
34	* ConstrainedWriting: Writing with a certain challenge or limit.
35	* ContinuityDrift: Details in a work (setting, characters, history, etc.) change as it goes on.
36	* CreativeDifferences: The reason given to the public explaining why a writer/actor/etc is no longer associated with a work. May or may not ''actually'' be the reason.
37	* CreatorBacklash: The creator despises their own work.
38	* CreatorBreakdown: A creator's RealLife poor circumstances and experiences influence their work.
39	* CreatorCareerSelfDeprecation: The occupation of a character is portrayed as dumb, lame, etc., but it's the same career the creator has.
40	* CreatorInJoke: When a creator slips in a joke that only they or their close friends can understand.
41	* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: The creator of the original work finds the adaptation to be better.
42	* CreatorProvincialism: Works take place in the same area the author is familiar with.
43	* CreatorRecovery: Good events or circumstances of a creator's life influence their work.
44	* CreatorsApathy: The creator admits that they didn't care about the work's quality.
45	* CreatorsFavorite: The creator's most liked character.
46	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: The creator's most liked episode.
47	* CreatorsPest: A character the creator despises regardless of what the audience thinks of the character.
48	* CreatorsPet: A character the creator likes and gives special treatment to when the audience can't stand the character.
49	* CreatorThumbprint: When several works with the same creator all have at least one thing in common.
50	* DearNegativeReader: The creator responds to complaints and criticism by insulting the audience.
51	* DependingOnTheWriter: A character's personality, interests and so on depend on who is writing the current episode.
52	* DigitalDestruction: The "remastering" of a work actually makes it look worse.
53	* DisownedAdaptation: The creator of the original work dislikes the adaptation.
54	* DoingItForTheArt: The creator makes the work for artistic merit rather than profit.
55	* DontLikeDontRead: Using the rationalization that the detractors of the work shouldn't be watching a work that they don't like.
56	* EveryoneOwnsAMac: On top of seemingly everyone in a work owning a Mac, it's simply the only kind of computer device in the work.
57	* FilibusterFreefall: A work starts off neutral at the beginning, but at some point, the author's personal opinions and feelings take over.
58	* HalfRememberedHomage: A creator takes inspiration from another work, but while in the creation process, they actively avoid going back to the original work so as not to copy it.
59	* HemisphereBias: When the Earth is seen from a distance, it is the part of the world holding the target audience that is shown.
60	* HollywoodStyle: An index for all tropes dealing with the liberties and logic of Hollywood.
61	* HypotheticalCasting: Someone involved in a fictional project compares characters to actors who would best represent them.
62	* InterpretativeCharacter: As long as they keep a few defining traits, a character can be adapted in many different ways.
63	* LoadsAndLoadsOfWriters: Having more than one writer for a work is not uncommon, but some works have a ''lot'' of writers.
64	* LocalReference: Even when a work takes place outside of a creator's RealLife area, they will still include a reference or two to it.
65	* LoveMakesYouUncreative: The decline of quality in a creator's work is blamed on them entering a relationship.
66	* MoralLuck: A character is condemned or praised for actions that they do, but said actions really depended on luck more than anything.
67	* TheMoralSubstitute: The original work was just too ''scandalous'', so a cleaner, better, "family-friendly" version is made.
68	* MostFanficWritersAreFans: Most of the time, if an author creates a fanfiction for a work, it's because they really, truly are fans of it. Thus, they are very knowledgeable about the original work's plot and setting.
69	* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: If a work brings up fanfiction, it'll most likely fall into the romance genre, and the author(s) will be a girl.
70	* MostWritersAreAdults: Children in a work act too young or too old for their actual age.
71	* MostWritersAreHuman: Other races besides humans appear in a work, but most of the focus will be on the humans.
72	* MostWritersAreMale: Most published writers are male, so male protagonists, all-male teams, and misconceptions (or other problems) regarding women are more prevalent.
73	* MostWritersAreWriters: A work includes a character who is a writer.
74	* NoAdaptationsAllowed: The creator refuses to allow adaptations of their work being made.
75	* NotDrawnToScale: To avoid meticulous attention to detail, characters' sizes are not set.
76	* OlderThanTheDemographic: The character(s) of a work are older than the target demographic.
77	* PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel: Website content is free, but said website asks for you to subscribe, donate, etc.
78	* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Works about history gloss over or whitewash the aspects of the past that today's people would find politically incorrect.
79	* PhilosophicalParable: An ideology or philosophy is illustrated via a fictional work.
80	* ProtectionFromEditors: If a work is exempt from criticism or correction, its quality usually suffers.
81	* RarelyPerformedSong: Fans may or may not like the song, but the artist may (almost) never perform it again.
82	* SelfAdaptation: The adaptation is made by the same person who created the original work.
83	* SelfCensoredRelease: The creator of a mainstream work previously made a more adult-themed version.
84	* ShownTheirWork: A creator puts a lot of effort into researching for their work, and it's evident in the final product.
85	* SignatureStyle: The recognizable style of an author.
86	* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: The creator ends a series in a way that it can't conceivably be revived.
87	* TroubledProduction: A work finally sees the light of day, but its production had quite a number of problems.
88	* ValuesDissonance: The work has views and messages that people might not find politically correct.
89	* ViewersAreGeniuses: When a creator overestimates how intelligent their audience is.
90	* ViewersAreMorons: Explaining every single thing as if the audience is too dumb to figure it out themselves.
91	* TheWarOnStraw
92	* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: The creator gets sick of complaining fans, so they resort to drastic methods of retaliation.
93	* WriteWhatYouKnow: The creator bases the story on their personal experiences.
94	* WriteWhoYouHate: The characters in the work are based on real people the creator hated.
95	* WriteWhoYouKnow: The characters in the work are based on real people the creator knew.
96	* WriterOnBoard
97	* WriterRevolt: Responding to ExecutiveMeddling by sneaking in an insult aimed at the conditions forced upon the writer.
98	* WritersBlock: A writer is struggling to actually, well, write.
99	* WritersCannotDoMath: The story's plot doesn't make complete sense because the writer made a blatant mathematical error.
100	* WritersSuck: Writers in a work always get the worst treatment.
101	* WritingForTheTrade: All together, a work is comprehensible and maybe even fun to read. But while it's being released in weekly/monthly installments, it can be hard to keep up with.
102	* WrittenForMyKids: The work was made for the creator's child or children.
103	[[/index]]

Context Main / CreatorStandpointIndex