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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  • 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



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