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There’s a reason fantasy has existed for thousands of years. It could be the story of a princess kissing a frog, a…

Science fiction is a genre that’s full of storylines, plot devices, and techno-jargon that would be considered…

I like to think this is something that doesn’t need to be said, but let’s just throw it out there anyway: Serial…

Whatever you do, don’t press that button. It’s a trope that’s spanned pop culture for generations—and the real…

Our new favorite hashtag is #VeryRealisticYA, which in addition to pointing out all that is ridiculous about the…

Last week our own Charlie Jane Anders gave us some excellent advice on the difference between good Worldbuilding and…

We've called out various movie and TV tropes that we never want to see again in the past. But today we're calling…

Sometimes, a narrative convention is so ingrained in literature that writers reach for it even after it becomes…

This is it. This is every now-ubiquitous sci-fi thriller trope, presented to us in the form of Eastern Kentucky's…

This trope has moved from being a badass boast to being a joke fairly recently, considering that it peaked in the…

Yesterday, we brought you a list of screenwriting tricks and tropes we never need to see again. And afterwards,…

Yet another literary boffin has said science fiction novels can't be literary, and it's (not surprisingly) sparked…