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The Art of Repetition, The Secret of Success

6 min readFeb 10, 2020

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I believe that the beauty of repetition is something that is not explored enough yet. Keren Ann

Repetition is a safety net that humans use everyday.

Writers rely on repetition in stories to hook the reader in. Mirroring an idea in a character will help the reader relate to the actions of one character against another. It’s a powerful device used in fiction writing.

The use of “tropes” are used in “best seller style” writing.

Think of it for a moment, a trope is a series of actions, or characteristics in the protagonist that the reader already knows about.

In best seller writing, fast reading that requires less attention and mental heavy work, a trope does the trick for writer and reader to connect to each other through repetitions of ideas.

A reader “gets it” through the use of tropes.

I think many writers go a little too far with the importance of using these tropes in fiction.

It’s nice when a writer avoids the obvious and takes the reader down an unfamiliar road, just to bring them back from the dark precipice with a familiar idea of life.

Psychology and Writers

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