Week 10 Lab: TV Tropes

Week 10 Lab: TV Tropes

(Un-Reveal Trope)

Action:
Race Against the Clock

• "the villain's plot is time sensitive" similar to Yudhishthira's time constraint once Chitragupta enters the Bad Place.

So You Want to Write an Action Movie

• Action movies tend to involve a lot of combat, which is not really Yudhishthira's style, so this wouldn't be classified as an action story.
• Damsel in Distress element is part of the story where Draupadi wants comfort while she is in hell. This character often ends up being a flat character. 
• Ways to solve this are to add some details in description and more distinct character traits

Thriller:
Cliffhangers

• Thrillers marked by frequent location changes, time shortage, cliffhangers. 
• Cliffhangers need to be specific enough that it holds reader's interest
• Modern thrillers border horror and science fiction

The Reveal

• Character revealed as another character's father
• Un-Reveal where a reveal is set up but not fulfilled can be used with a cliffhanger
• Often the Almost Dead Guy does a reveal, staying alive just long enough to give the info

Conspiracy Thriller

• elaborate conspiracy theory as background

So You Want to Write a Conspiracy Theory Thriller

• Although the Bad Place isn't exactly a conspiracy, this plot progression seems most on form for my storybook genre.
• It is somewhat trippy, and Yudhishthira suspects something is off.
• The intro and first story definitely fit this format.