1 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_20171006_224856.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:240:''"Go ahead. Make him a vampire. Make them ALL vampires"'']] |
3 | -> ''No, seriously, go for it. It'll be a bestseller.'' |
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5 | ''[[https://twitter.com/WorstMuse @WorstMuse]]'' is a Twitter parody account created by [[Podcast/JayAndMilesXPlainTheXMen Jay Edidin]]. In it, the titular muse gives horrible writing advice disguised as useful tips for budding young writers. |
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7 | Compare ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'' and ''Blog/HowToWriteBadlyWell''. |
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9 | Compare and contrast ''Literature/HowNotToWriteANovel''. |
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11 | ''NOTE: While you'd be tempted to just quote the Twitter feed since most examples are just {{Discussed Trope}}s and, as such, are "self-explanatory", DO note that by doing so, you would only create Administrivia/ZeroContextExamples that could lead to this page being '''cut''' (again).'' |
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13 | !!The Worst Muse provides examples for the following tropes: |
14 | * AlternateHistory: The Muse once suggested making an Alternate History setting...with ''VAMPIRES!'' |
15 | -->"What if the Confederates won... and also what if they were sexy vampires?" |
16 | * BlatantLies: ''Lots'', especially since the blog is essentially all about ([[PlayedForLaughs humorously]]) passing ''terrible'' writing tips off as good advice. Nevertheless, there is still one lie in particular that stands out the most: ''"I am here to help."'' |
17 | * BlindDate: Another trope suggested by the Muse: |
18 | -->"Awkward blind dates." |
19 | * ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Muse believes that "if the rights to your favorite character haven't entered the public domain, it's because you didn't believe hard enough." |
20 | * CluelessMystery: The Muse recommends that you do your crime stories this way, after all, "you don't want readers to solve the crime ahead of your detective--better withhold all the critical clues." |
21 | * ConspiracyTheorist: According to the Muse, everything is either a conspiracy or a ContrivedCoincidence. No middle grounds. |
22 | -->"Commit to a motif: everything is a conspiracy, or everything is a coincidence." |
23 | * [[invoked]] CreatorsApathy: The Muse assures you that research is unnecessary, you probably got everything right. |
24 | -->"Yes. That is EXACTLY how quantum physics works. Well done." |
25 | * DarkerAndEdgier: A common suggestion by the Muse: |
26 | -->"Like Wolverine, but grittier." |
27 | -->"Make it grittier." |
28 | * DeadpanSnarker: Either the Muse honestly thinks her suggestions are worthwhile, or she's toying with bad writers. And considering her username is the "Worst [[TheMuse Muse]]", it's probably the latter. |
29 | * {{Deconstruction}}: Of bad writers. |
30 | * DiscussedTrope: The account is dedicated to pointing out and making fun of all the tropes bad writers use. |
31 | -->"You SHOULD base your protagonist on you. Disguise him by giving him intense green eyes and an ancestral weapon. You don't have those!" |
32 | -->"Your protagonist should be an everyman, which is to say exactly like you but with better romantic prospects." |
33 | -->"Make this one the story that proves to your asshole ex beyond all shadow of a doubt that they loved you all along." |
34 | * TheMuse: The ''Worst'' Muse, no less. |
35 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: As noted by AlternateHistory as well as the image caption above, the Muse sure seems to have a certain degree of preference for this trope. [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga We wonder why...]] |
36 | * PlanetOfHats: According to the Muse, you should only have one culture per alien planet. ''"More than that, and you're just showing off."'' |
37 | * [[invoked]] RealitySubtext: The Muse encourages you to pour all your petty gripes into your writing; the more pedantic, the better. |
38 | -->"It's about time for a thinly veiled metaphor for that unfair fight you had with your girlfriend last week." |
39 | * [[invoked]] ScheduleSlip: |
40 | ** According to the Muse, [[https://twitter.com/WorstMuse/status/557974715772305409 "Deadlines are for hacks. YOU'RE an artist."]] |
41 | ** Also from the Muse: [[https://twitter.com/WorstMuse/status/510151306103635968 "Submission guidelines are for suckers. Live free or die."]] |
42 | * Administrivia/TropesAreTools: The Muse provides countless (satirical) examples of why this is the case among less-talented writers. |
43 | * [[invoked]] UnfortunateImplications: Often [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by the Muse's tweets: |
44 | -->"It's not racist! [[JustJokingJustification It's EDGY]]!" |
45 | -->"Okay, but WHAT IF we lived in a world where, get this, [[PersecutionFlip white people were persecuted]]?" |
46 | * YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The Muse once stated that "for historical verisimilitude, [you should] replace every 'you' with 'thee' or 'thou.'" |
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