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The Scene Trope Solution: For Romance Authors
Discover how scene tropes can help you build a better romance!
From a USA Today Bestselling romance author, this essential guide reveals how scene tropes can keep your plot moving and your readers hooked. Whether you're experiencing writer's block, grappling with a saggy middle, or unsure how to create chemistry, these tropes help craft thrilling, emotional moments that build tension and intimacy. Understanding what they are and how to use them creatively allows you to develop your characters, close the distance between your love interests, and keep the romance building until its climactic finish. Featuring a full description of more than 250 scene tropes and tons of helpful tips, this book is a must-have for romance authors eager to craft compelling, memorable love stories.
From a USA Today Bestselling romance author, this essential guide reveals how scene tropes can keep your plot moving and your readers hooked. Whether you're experiencing writer's block, grappling with a saggy middle, or unsure how to create chemistry, these tropes help craft thrilling, emotional moments that build tension and intimacy. Understanding what they are and how to use them creatively allows you to develop your characters, close the distance between your love interests, and keep the romance building until its climactic finish. Featuring a full description of more than 250 scene tropes and tons of helpful tips, this book is a must-have for romance authors eager to craft compelling, memorable love stories.
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Published November 30, 2025
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December 18, 2025
The Scene Trope Solution: For Romance Authors by Michelle Pennington is a FABULOUS new resource for Romance Writers!
Michelle breaks tropes down into three categories—scene tropes being one of them—and helpfully defines each. Before this book, I never really thought how “The tropes you use all connect and work together to build your story.” I merely picked out the ones I liked and used them. However, in this book, Michelle teaches how tropes can be used to increase intimacy and build both character growth and the romantic relationship. She not only teaches such, but she also includes an extensive list of scene tropes, and each trope is well explained with examples to help writers maximize the usage of the trope.
Though this book is aimed at romance writers, if you write romance in your book like I do (I write romantic fantasy stories), this is a solid resource in how to use scene tropes intentionally, which will help in the “four tasks in a romance” (which she outlines), thus helping writers create stronger romance, character growth, and ways we can use the tropes in different ways, thus creating a more tailored experience for the reader. This is definitely a resource for anyone who writes romance on any level.
Michelle breaks tropes down into three categories—scene tropes being one of them—and helpfully defines each. Before this book, I never really thought how “The tropes you use all connect and work together to build your story.” I merely picked out the ones I liked and used them. However, in this book, Michelle teaches how tropes can be used to increase intimacy and build both character growth and the romantic relationship. She not only teaches such, but she also includes an extensive list of scene tropes, and each trope is well explained with examples to help writers maximize the usage of the trope.
Though this book is aimed at romance writers, if you write romance in your book like I do (I write romantic fantasy stories), this is a solid resource in how to use scene tropes intentionally, which will help in the “four tasks in a romance” (which she outlines), thus helping writers create stronger romance, character growth, and ways we can use the tropes in different ways, thus creating a more tailored experience for the reader. This is definitely a resource for anyone who writes romance on any level.
December 13, 2025
a comprehensive list of romance tropes that's explained wonderfully and easily and arranged in a way that's easy to get to every single trope written. will definitely be useful to any and all levels of romance authors!
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