The List, presented in list form:
- strong female characters who are neither vulgar nor slutty
- female characters who are both vulgar and slutty
- time travel
- magic
- dragons, talking or non
- drafty castles
- rituals
- prophecies
- overcoming physical challenges
- people getting beat up
- companion animals as characters
- strong silent types
- descriptions of kisses
- brooding male characters with something to hide
- people with important jobs who find themselves doing silly things (hit men in an elevator)
- one character thinking another character is dead, but they're not
- dramatic irony
- literary allusions
- immortal life, and discussing its ramifications
- characters who hate other characters
- finding secret entrances to secret worlds
- may/december romances
- refusing to resort to violence
- preventing wars
- saving the world
- women in a military capacity
- dreams
- pseudo-scientific explanations for technologies that haven't been invented yet
- living on space ships or space stations
- treachery/treason
- aliens, friendly or otherwise
- non-humans living amongst humans as humans
- people spiraling into insanity
- people with unusual collections
- characters with catch phrases
- stories that inspire the reader to do something
- exposing the evil plot
- characters who are really good at their jobs
- characters who are really good at anything
- people suffering for their art
- contagious fatal diseases
- monsters
- seemingly insurmountable obstacles
- vampires
- prostitutes
- vampire prostitutes
- goody two shoes stalwart heroes and watching them fall from grace
- satan
Okay, that's it for now. A good start, I think. Also, totally sexxxed up my blog design.
TTFN,
Your friend, Jenn
TTFN,
Your friend, Jenn
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