Tropification in Fiction

I'm no stranger to TikTok. Hell, I bought an office chair off it (still no regrets eight months later).Truth be told, I'm not super serious about the app, though. I've worked very hard to cultivate an algorithm that feeds me content about writing; hearing advice about both independent and traditional publishing because I'm not sure which path I'll take when I (eventually) finish a book. I rarely make content for it, but I have my own small audience. And despite posting under a pen name, the app has embarrassed me by delivering my account to some of my friends and at least one family member that I know of.worst part is it was my most embarrassing tiktok that my friend found on their for you page because of course it wasAll that to say, I'm kind of on BookTok. WriterTok. AuthorTok. That general niche. And one of the things I've noticed over the years is that instead of marketing books based on, oh, I don't know, the plot, books are marketed by the tropes within them.For those who don't…