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Plots that are Used a Lot

PLOTS THAT ARE USE A LOT

From my viewpoint as a reader, and a ranter. These plots are used a lot. If you want to use one of them, do it very, very cautiously. I also wrote my opinion on them.

1) MY MATE REJECTED ME BECAUSE I'M WEAK/FAT/UGLY/NOT PERFECT, THEN I WENT AND GOT HOT, THEN CAME BACK. NOW HE WANTS ME BACK. OH, AND DID I MENTION HE'S THE ALPHA?

Whoa. That's long. And it applies for a good deal of Werewolf books. I'm not saying all of them are bad or anything like that, some are actually okay/decent. But there are so, so, so, so, so, so many. It's insane. I mean, I get a couple, but when it gets to the point where I'm scrolling through the Werewolf list and a lot are either that or very similar... No, please, just no. Originality people, originality. I do check some out, but they always seem to be the same. I get using an often used plot and making it your own, but the ones I've read, I can't really tell them apart. And that scared me. Like, a lot.

2) STUDENT/TEACHER

Okay, these are easier to make original, I will admit that. They still seem sort of similar, though. New teacher (or it's new girl at new school) is super hot and all the girls fan over him, the main character's like whatever, then starts liking him, then they start dating, but are so worried that someone will catch them. Then something happens. It's usually someone catches them, something dangerous happens or something like that.

3) PLAYER VS NERD/ PLAYER/NERD GETS MAKEOVER

Okay, I like Player stories, actually. I've written one, too. But Player and Nerd kind of bother me. I meant the popular people usually don't mix with nerds. And the nerd makeover thing... *Sighs* People are not automatically pretty with contacts and a new haircut. If you're gonna write a player story, please make it original. Please.

4) BEST FRIEND LOVE

I know this happens in real life. But, I feel like every best friend story is this: 'Oh, I love my best friend, but I don't want to tell him/her because I don't want to ruin my friendship with him/her. ' And the other person just so happens to think the same thing. Then they somehow end up together. I get that we all love happy endings, but really? I mean, I know people who like their best friend, most of the time, they don't get together. Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's true. Why can't the main character realize that her best friend's like a brother to her, like how most of us feel with our best friends, and go for the super nice guy that always gets left in the dust? Not to mention, they don't always feel the same way. I've had my best guy friends like me *awkward*, it's actually happened twice *double awkward*, and well, I didn't feel anything back. To be honest, it kind of scared me and made everything really awwkard. *Triple awkward if they ever see this*

5) ARRANGED MARRIAGES

These used to be everywhere. They've kind of gone out of 'Wattpad story style', but there used to be a lot of them. Some are okay. And I get it if the characters are twenty something, and doing it to benefit themselves or someone they love, but when they're not legal age yet and it's set up by their parents, it just doesn't make sense. NO ONE IN REAL LIFE SELLS THEIR KID FOR MONEY. Okay, maybe people do, but it is extremely rare. And really weird. And maybe even illegal. Isn't it sorta like human trafficking?

5.1) Multiple people have mentioned that this happens in places such as India. So if you want to use this plot I would suggest setting it in a place like that, or her family coming from a place like that, not modern North America.

6) LIVING WITH THE {inster common last name here} BOYS

We've all seen it.
Probably more than once.
The story where the girl's parents move to Africa or something, and she doesn't want to go, and they don't have ANY relatives whatsoever, so the girl's parents ship her off to this random old family friend she's never met that has eight or more sons. More than half of those sons have to be around her age, a sexy beast and totally in love with her.
Typing a sexy beast was kind of weird for me...