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The Art of Trope Marketing

Nov 16th, 2026 • 3pm - 4pm EST

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Masterclass

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Location: Online (gain access to Reedsy's event space when you register)

Date: Nov 16th, 2026

Time: 3pm - 4pm EST

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📚 Overview

Enemies to lovers. Fake dating. Forced proximity. We’ve all seen them before — and your readers have, too. If you want your book to stand out in the market, your tropes need to be working harder to resonate with readers. 

Join us on Monday as bestselling author Sacha Black breaks down the five elements that readers respond to: tease, taboo, danger, significance, and joy. You’ll learn how to find them inside the tropes you’re already using, layer them into your scenes, and turn them into marketing hooks.


Schedule

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3pm - 4pm EST

The Art of Trope Marketing

In this masterclass, you will learn: 

  • Strategies for subverting tropes and pushing them to their extremes
  • Tips for putting a fresh spin on tropes to stand out in a saturated market
  • What a career author does to keep readers engaged book after book 
  • How to shape your prose with your target readers in mind

You’ll also be able to ask Sacha questions about writing and marketing your book in a live Q&A at the end of the session


Speakers

Sacha Black

Author

Sacha Black writes lesbian romantasy under the pen name Ruby Roe. She loves a bit of magic with her smut and will read anything as long as the characters get down and dirty. When she isn’t writing, she’s beasting herself at the gym or wandering the world on her next adventure. She lives in England with her wife, son, and two devious Ragdoll cats.

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