The Chosen Ones and Other Tropes

On this season finale we are jumping in on the much discussed topics of new adult and crossover, what they mean and where they fit into the publishing spectrum. Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to DieJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

This was a fun one! None of us have much experience with this genre and so it was a massive learning curve but I think it might have inspired us to pick up some Ice Hockey romance! Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to DieJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Jamie and Melissa are loving the rise of cosy genres at the moment and get into some really fun tropes in this one, whilst Naomi wrestles with how wholesome it all is! Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to DieJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Naomi takes point on this one telling us all about one of her absolute favourites, the Unreliable Narrator. Jamie and Melissa try to chip in as well. Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to DieJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Some Harry Potter follow up at the start and then we jump into some familiar tropes in the fun genre fusion of paranormal romance! Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to DieJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Fantasy is in a fascinating spot right now with romantasy being more popular than ever and Brandon Sanderson breaking crowdfunding records left and right, so on this episode we jump into what has become a very popular part of all this, contemporary fantasy settings. Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to DieJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

This week we're onto crime and mystery tropes, so it's all detectives, law enforcement and being trapped together! Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Continuing the theme of the season, this episode we each pick a romantasy trope! If you want a deeper dive on each of these we did an entire 10 run season dedicated to romantasy. Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

This season we are going to pick our favourite tropes from the genres that we discussed and think might be popular this year in publishing. First up, our favourite horror tropes! Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

We're back and we're kicking off the year with some predictions for what we think is going to be popular in the world of writing, books and publishing for 2024! Shoutout to our friends over at the WriteMentor Hub for all their helpful suggestions! Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

To wrap up our second season, the loosely romance themed one, we're going back to the tier list. Tune in for lots of arguing about which trope goes where and whether we agree with where we put some of the tropes from season 1. Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Making two characters who would never otherwise spend time together is always a great recipe for conflict and intrigue, but there is a pretty intense dark-side to this one. Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

It's weird, creepy and rarely works but we get into the weeds with this one. This trope is pretty toxic. Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

It's a weird one to talk about because it only really comes up when it's done badly. Tune in to hear us try and define it, whilst constantly contradicting our own definitions but sort of, vaguely getting close to an understanding by the end. Maybe. Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Opposites Attract is a classic but does it need some sprucing up? Can it sometime be used as an excuse to cover up some troubling issues? Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

We all know it from Romeo and Juliet, but we went a bit darker than I think any of us expected in this episode. Maybe it was forbidden for a reason! Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Always interesting to see people coming together, clashing and eventually overcoming their differences to bond and become closer than they could ever have imagined. Or is it?! Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Fake dating and relationships come in more shapes and sizes than any of us realised. It's not just Noah Centineo movies! Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Enemies to Lovers to rivals to friends. It's an unending rollercoaster of twists and tales. Tune in to hear about how much we love this trope even though we know it can be very problematic! Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Well paced and satisfying or drawn out and boring. Hear all about how Melissa approached the slow burn romance in her brand new novel, 'My Love Life and the Apocalypse'. Naomi Gibson, author of Every Line of You, Game Over GirlMelissa Welliver, author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the ApocalypseJamie Greenwood, creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast