The Case Against the Trauma Plot

Fiction writers love it. Filmmakers can’t resist it. Parul Sehgal on whether this trope deepens characters, or flattens them into a set of symptoms.

The Case Against the Trauma Plot”: Life Beyond Trauma

Insecure Writer's Support Group: Considering and Using Character Wound

FILM REVIEW : TRAUMA - Fear Forever

Everyone's Talking About The Trauma Plot

The case FOR the trauma plot? How writers can use it with purpose

FILM REVIEW : TRAUMA - Fear Forever

Minority Report (2002) - Plot - IMDb

Brandon Taylor reflects on “the trauma plot”; Sasha Frere-Jones on

Trauma Plot with CJ Reads! Reading the Room Ep. 5

The Case Against the Trauma Plot”: Life Beyond Trauma

The case FOR the trauma plot? How writers can use it with purpose

Reviews: Trauma - IMDb

A Gentle Trauma Plot: Outside the Gates by Molly Gloss - Reactor