Eric Thomas Ruthford, author
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Christian fiction blog
  • Now Available
  • Contact
  • Free eBook!
  • Humor blog
Select Page

Tropes list

by Eric Thomas | Mar 29, 2026

  • Abstinence despite the odds
  • Accidental smooch
  • Action girl
  • Alternate morality
  • Apocalypse prophecy
  • Awkward dating arrangement
  • Be careful what you wish for
  • Biblical android
  • Biblical location allegory
  • Biblical prophet guest appearance
  • Blunt religious allegory
  • Brooding boy, gentle girl
  • Child of two worlds
  • Childlike faith
  • Chosen one
  • Christmas romance
  • Contemplative faith
  • Dark and troubled past
  • Deal with the devil
  • Death by Newbery Medal
  • Deus ex machina
  • Dystopia as political argument
  • Dystopia can get worse
  • Eldest sibling of the prodigal child
  • Ending the abuse
  • Ethical orphan
  • Ex-girlfriend ally
  • Fake identity baggage
  • Fated mates
  • Faustian bargain
  • Forced proximity
  • Formulaic Magic
  • Found family
  • Friend-group meltdown
  • Friends to lovers
  • Game between heirs
  • Glow up
  • Guilt complex
  • Heartbroken badass
  • Heroic sacrifice
  • Hidden in plain sight
  • Horse
  • Incensepunk
  • It's a wonderful plot
  • Kicking the dog
  • Kiss me, I'm virtual
  • Living MacGuffin
  • Long-lost relative
  • Love interest is a prince
  • Love Triangle
  • Low-key faith message
  • Marriage of convenience
  • My crush is an abuser
  • Mysterious parent
  • Ninja nuns
  • Noble sacrifice
  • Nobody says or does the f-word
  • One bed
  • Oops I'm a noble
  • Outcast solider
  • Parallel world
  • Pining
  • Rags to riches
  • Really royalty reveal
  • Reckless friend
  • Rejection leads to reformation
  • Religious epiphany
  • Religious robot
  • Reluctant leader
  • Revenge quest
  • Riches to rags
  • Robin Hood
  • Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale
  • Second chance
  • Secret agent priest
  • Secret heiress
  • Self-confidence epiphany
  • Sexism workaround
  • Slow Burn
  • Space pilgrims
  • Stealth Villain
  • Superpower oops
  • Teen genius
  • Ten-minute retirement
  • The girl next door
  • The Makeover
  • Too nice to live
  • Traveling at the speed of plot
  • Trees are characters
  • Tribe of priests
  • Truce zone
  • Two sides of the same coin
  • Under the radar
  • Unlimited wealth fantasy
  • Work Info Title
  • You sexy beast

Recent Posts

  • A new manuscript and a trip to Michigan
  • Love Saves a City From Hate in “Seconds”
  • Conspiracy-uncovering heroine finds love and justice in “A Convenient Sacrifice”
  • A silly picture I must share
  • How to present weather data

Recent Comments

No comments to show.

Other blogs worth viewing

  • Book Reviews and More
  • Christian Bookaholic

Archives

  • December 2025
  • March 2025
  • January 2025
  • August 2024
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • June 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • July 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • September 2021

Categories

  • Uncategorized
  • Book Reviews and More
  • Christian Bookaholic
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress