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StFan Since: Jan, 2001
2015-12-07 07:40:37

That would go on Trope Repair Shop, I guess. Dunno if the thread is currently open for addition or not.

crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2015-12-07 08:01:20

The "works that use these plots" and crosswicking that treats this as a trope would seem like automatic cuts. No discussion needed. This is a book about writing and we trope works about writing.

See Writing Excuses for a similar page.

Edited by crazysamaritan Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
2015-12-07 08:55:18

It seems there is a confusion between the work and its subject, right? I'd say that each of the seven basic plots is tropable in itself, though I'm not sure if this wiki actually treats plots as tropes.

But treating a book about plots as a trope is just wrong.

Zyffyr Since: Apr, 2010
2015-12-07 15:23:22

Drop the redirect from Main. Make the page in Main about the actual list of 7 plots - unless we already have one by another name, then just make it a redirect to THAT page. Adjust wicks as needed. No need for a TRS on a simple issue like this.

Candi Since: Aug, 2012
2015-12-07 16:23:57

Sticking that kind of page in Main isn't permitted. It's for tropes, not screw-ups with works.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
shimaspawn MOD Since: May, 2010
2015-12-07 17:39:03

If those plots are tropes, they should be given their own pages with the examples there.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
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