Author Tropes

Author Tropes

Things writers know about and use or do, that will (sadly) probably never make it onto TV Tropes

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  • CowLogic
    CowLogic · Mar 5, 2013
    Glutoninspiration: When you think you are hungry while you are writing, but you are not sure, so you decide to have a snack. So you try to think about what you want to have.

    You end up not being able to decide. So you walk over to your snack place (pantry, fridge, box, wherever), and you decide you'll just grab something.

    But then when you look you realize you don't actually have any food in the house, so you must endure a walk of shame back to your computer, where you realize that now you're actually hungry...

  • Gladius replied · Mar 3, 2013

    May overlap with Story Itch, wherein you want to write but can't pinpoint anything *to* write, specifically.


    Gladius replied · Mar 3, 2013

    May also lead to a TON of reading of related stories/genres while your Muse takes his/her time figuring themselves out.


  • Rosendorn Creator
    Rosendorn · Nov 28, 2011
    Elusive Bunny: A Bunny you know exists but refuses to come forward, causing you to hunt it down and go out of your way to find any trace of it.

    Story Itch: the desire to write a story on a certain topic, that may or may not be easily fulfilled because of Elusive Bunnies.

  • tr3x
    tr3x · Nov 19, 2011
    Deus Ex Machina (God in the workings) - Sudden, highly improbable event/character brings the story to an unlikely conclusion. Example: Paul and Mary were surrounded by ravenous zombies. Escape was impossible. As the zombies closed in upon them, a UFO materialized that promptly teleported them to safety. As they watched it fly off into space, they realized someone out there cared about them.

    Rosendorn replied · Nov 19, 2011

    That one's already on TV Tropes. Author Tropes is more about author's writing processes and stories coming to life. ^^


  • Gladius
    Gladius · Aug 18, 2011
    Character Bunny Prevention Technology: Various methods of preventing characters other than those working on a story from interfering and dragging the Author from the current story, or otherwise distracting them. May involve the underground support of various Bunnies. Prevention techniques include but are not limited to Character Competition, in which characters brawl for attention and the strongest get the writing time.

  • Rosendorn Creator
    Rosendorn · Jun 11, 2011
    Sadism and Mush: A certain combination of emotions presented in a scene that somehow get it both incredibly sadistic and unbelievably mushy. Usually happens when friends/love interests/partners of the viewpoint character are tortured in front of them before being rescued, which can cause many mush-related Tropes. Can also happen when the viewpoint character is being tortured only to be rescued by their friends/love interest/partner.

  • Gladius
    Gladius · May 14, 2011
    Speculation Bunny: When a Bunny noms on the most recent reading (or viewing) material you've picked up on such as a book, manga, movie, or TV series, and runs with "what if's" about what could happen next. Alternately, the Bunnies which take over your life thinking about the aforementioned material, even crafting stories within or around said material.

    Gladius replied · May 14, 2011

    The stipulation is that this material HAS to be in-progress, not a completed story. IE, an unfinished work or a cliffhanger TV episode.


  • silentpages
    silentpages · May 14, 2011
    Hit-and-Run Bunny: An idea that seems great and consumes your life for about two seconds, until you actually start to write it and have all of your inspiration leave you. They can sometimes return later on, and that's when they become the Hit-And-Run Bun With a Conscience (or some other, less wordy title. XD)

    GryphonFledgling replied · May 14, 2011

    Oh geez, had one of these nibbling on my brain last night.


  • Gladius
    Gladius · May 14, 2011
    Random Bunny: Usually passes by the Author at high speed, only presenting snippets of a Scene or Conversation to the aforementioned Author. Can pair with any number of Situational Bunnies, such as Romance or Distress Bunnies.

    silentpages replied · May 14, 2011

    AKA the Hit-and-Run Bunny? :/ Or would that be something else?


    Rosendorn replied · May 14, 2011

    They can stick, sometimes. So it's not completely hit and run.


    silentpages replied · May 14, 2011

    True, true... Hit-and-Run would be more like an idea that seems great for about two seconds, until you actually start to write it and have all of your inspiration leave you.


    Rosendorn replied · May 14, 2011

    Silent- I'd say you just discovered a new bunny. :P


    silentpages replied · May 14, 2011

    8D*reposts it*


    Gladius replied · May 14, 2011

    xD I think the difference between these two is, sometimes these bunnies stick around but not as more than a few whispered lines or whatnot, while the Hit and Run bunnies just come and go and/or come back a while later.


  • silentpages
    silentpages · May 13, 2011
    Mind-eating Research Bunny: A Plot idea that sends you running for the library/search engines and causes you to spend hours researching the ramifications of writing such an idea (whether you actually end up writing the thing or not).

    silentpages replied · May 14, 2011

    These things have caused me to research Gargoyles, split personality disorders, and the bermuda triangle, among other things. Plus, more recently, the Pony Express and teleportation experiments. I also researched execution a la decapitation, but that was for my actual WIP. XD


  • Gladius
    Gladius · May 13, 2011
    Plot Bunny Adorable: A situation, character, or other entity that sends Romance or other Bunnies into a veritable tizzy and really, really messes up the cuteness balance (either in an Author's head or their stories--sometimes both).

  • GryphonFledgling replied · Apr 30, 2011

    Holyfragginsnaps, yes. For real. Like, yes. You have said it. This.Yeah, stumbled upon one of these myself just recently and I can.not.get.out.


    silentpages replied · Apr 30, 2011

    I have... several. T-T Like, every world I've ever written about...



I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good... then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor - such is my idea of happiness.
— Leo Tolstoy