5 Cringe Tropes to Avoid When Writing Romance

Oh, Valentine’s Day… love is in the air, and so is a lot of cynicism. But if there’s one thing more irritating than commercialized romance, it’s the overused character types in the romance genre. Here are 5 cringe tropes to avoid when writing romance.

0:00 Intro
0:28 Trope 1: The girl who doesn’t know she’s pretty
1:49 Trope 2: The outcast who gets the popular guy
3:34 Trope 3: The ugly duckling who turns hot
4:28 Trope 4: The girl who fixes the bad boy
5:44 Trope 5: The Christian Grey and the Edward
7:03 Wrap-up

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