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# Take your write-up and examples, and post it into [[Trope Workshop:Main Page|Trope Workshop:]], using any appropriate templates. (The shortcut for Trope Workshop is YKTTW:) |
# Take your write-up and examples, and post it into [[Trope Workshop:Main Page|Trope Workshop:]], using any appropriate templates. (The shortcut for Trope Workshop is YKTTW:) |
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# Let the proposed trope pick up responses for the next couple of weeks, and let people try to refine the description. |
# Let the proposed trope pick up responses for the next couple of weeks, and let people try to refine the description. |
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# While you're waiting, look at other Trope Workshop entries, and let other people know if |
# While you're waiting, look at other Trope Workshop entries, and let other people know if they're good tropes. Add any works using those tropes you can think of. Let people do the same for your entry. |
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# If other tropers have major issues, try to address them. |
# If other tropers have major issues, try to address them. |
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# Prelaunch checklist: |
# Prelaunch checklist: |
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## Five examples (hopefully ten or more, though), with context |
## Five examples (hopefully ten or more, though), with context |
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## At least one trope category ([[:Category:Trope]] is added automatically by {{tl|trope}}) |
## At least one trope category ([[:Category:Trope]] is added automatically by {{tl|trope}}). More is better, though. |
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## Most of the stuff in the "What a Trope Workshop candidate should contain at the end" section below. |
## Most of the stuff in the "What a Trope Workshop candidate should contain at the end" section below. |
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# If enough tropers agree and enough time passes, go ahead and launch the trope by moving it into the main namespace. If you see [[Just Launch It Already]] a couple of times on any trope, feel free to move that one into the main namespace, too. |
# If enough tropers agree and enough time passes, go ahead and launch the trope by moving it into the main namespace. If you see [[Just Launch It Already]] a couple of times on any trope, feel free to move that one into the main namespace, too. |
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== What a Trope Workshop Candidate Should Contain at the End == |
== What a Trope Workshop Candidate Should Contain at the End == |
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To determine if your candidate is a proper trope, try to eventually include as much as possible described below in the |
To determine if your candidate is a proper trope, try to eventually include as much as possible described below in the main text, before the examples. Where it makes sense, corresponding categories should be added to the candidate: |
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* [[Consistency]] type: How realistic the trope is and how often it's used compared to real life. Tropes can be completely unrealistic ([[Wrap Around]], [[Stock Visual Metaphors]]), present much more commonly in fiction than in real life ([[Catapult Nightmare]], [[Stock Phrases]]) or be as common as in real life ([[Berserk Button]]). Note that if a said phenomenon happens as often as in real life and doesn't convey any meaning, it can easily fall into [[People Sit on Chairs]] territory. |
* [[Consistency]] type: How realistic the trope is and how often it's used compared to real life. Tropes can be completely unrealistic ([[Wrap Around]], [[Stock Visual Metaphors]]), present much more commonly in fiction than in real life ([[Catapult Nightmare]], [[Stock Phrases]]) or be as common as in real life ([[Berserk Button]]). Note that if a said phenomenon happens as often as in real life and doesn't convey any meaning, it can easily fall into [[People Sit on Chairs]] territory. |
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* Type of a trope: This can be a [[Narrative Device]], [[Spectacle]] or something else. |
* Type of a trope: This can be a [[Narrative Device]], [[Spectacle]] or something else. |
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