Trying to Write for Television? Learn the Tropes

"Television Tropes & Idioms"

"What is this about?: This wiki is a catalogue of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction. We dip into the cauldron of story and place it in front of you to read.

"Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. If a trope gets used too much, then it becomes clichéd. The word cliché means 'stereotyped and trite'. In other words, dull and uninteresting."

Looks promising - for wannabe television writers, and others who write short fiction.