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How to Write Compelling Male Mentor Characters!

How to Write Compelling Male Mentor Characters!

Update: 2025-11-04
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The Male Mentor who pegs in the first half of the story has a whole page to itself on TV Tropes with more examples than you can shake a stick at. Can you still use the trope in your story? Or has it become too tired? How do you keep it fresh? Let's take a look at the mentor trope, when to use it and how you can subvert it. 


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How to Write Compelling Male Mentor Characters!

How to Write Compelling Male Mentor Characters!

Marie M. Mullany from Just In Time Worlds