So here's an idea Rook and I came up sometime last year while crafting japes at the expense of overdramatic abstractions in Tahereh Mafi's "Shatter Me." Why not make questionable or out-of-context descriptions into drinks?
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The Kudzu, the Handwave, and the Doppler Effect: Best and Worst of Sideplot Romance
When it comes to the obligatory romance sideplot of the average novel, I've sighed enough times to topple the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The Genre Masquerade
I've heard a lot of writers (myself included) worrying about how to put their genre-blending novel into a demographic category without pigeonholing their writing. But defining genre depends on what you want to emphasize.