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Forced proximity: make the reel for your book

Forced proximity is a trope in which two characters are made to share a space, such as a road trip, a snowed-in cabin or a mission, so they cannot avoid each other.

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Opening lines for your forced proximity video

  • snowed in with the one person she cannot stand
  • one ship, two enemies, six weeks at sea
  • they had to share the cabin

Tropes that go with forced proximity

Questions and answers

What is the forced proximity trope?

Forced proximity is a trope in which two characters are made to share a space, such as a road trip, a snowed-in cabin or a mission, so they cannot avoid each other.

How long should a book video about forced proximity be?

A trope reel made with Tropereel runs about eight seconds with five lines, which suits TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.

Which tropes go well with forced proximity?

Books with forced proximity often also have only one bed, enemies to lovers, fake dating and grumpy and sunshine.