Discoverability

Find the tropes readers search for.

Paste your plot. We'll surface the tropes already in it that readers actively search for, ranked by appeal — plus marketing angles for each.

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Trope finder

Tell us about your plot. We'll identify the tropes already there — enemies-to-lovers, found family, slow burn, second chance, whatever fits — ranked by reader-search appeal, with a one-line marketing angle for each.

See an example of what you'll get

Tropes already in your plot

  1. Enemies to lovers — Evidence: "she once published a takedown of him." Lean in by: tagline "She built her career tearing his apart."
  2. Forced proximity — Evidence: "trapped in a snowed-in Oxford library after closing." Lean in by: ad headline "One library. One night. Twelve years of bad blood."
  3. Slow burn — Evidence: explicit in description. Lean in by: name it on the back-cover blurb; BookTok readers filter by it.
  4. Dual POV — Evidence: explicit. Lean in by: alternating POV chapter headings on the cover or in sample.
  5. Academic rivals — Evidence: "two rival academics." Lean in by: cover with two figures separated by library shelves.

Adjacent tropes worth considering

  • Grumpy/sunshine — One small revision: lean into one being noticeably warmer or wittier on page than the other.

Where to use these

  • Amazon ad copy: "For readers who love enemies to lovers and forced proximity."
  • BookTok caption hooks: pair "academic rivals" with a 5-second visual of two characters reaching for the same book.
  • Back-cover blurb: name 2–3 tropes explicitly — readers shop by trope now.

Generated from a 4-sentence academic romance pitch. Each trope gets a one-click Copy button on the live tool.

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Genre (optional, sharpens the read)
Romance
Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Mystery / Thriller
Literary / Book club
YA / Kidlit
Non-fiction
Audience anchor (optional, surface tropes that resonate with a specific bookshelf)

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