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Liberate the clichés!



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Fri Apr 22, 2016 2:31 am
Meerkat says...



Give me your tired tropes, your poor ideas, your huddled clichés yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming WIP!

Sorry, got a little carried away there. :) Anyway, here's a question for you: what do you find to be bad writing? I'm looking for some ideas for a story, and I want some "anti-help," or basically what not to do.
Specifically:
-What clichés do you most hate to read?
-What kind of writing style bugs you?
-What subject do you feel has been overdone?
-What do you feel is the biggest mistake a book can have?
-What types of characters are you sick of?
-What do you want to see more or less of in novels?

Fantasy, adventure, and action are my main concerns here, but advice for any genre would be great. Treat your post like a cathartic rant if you want—the more impassioned, the better. I'm looking for anything and everything, but especially clichés in fantasy. Gotta watch out for those pitfalls!

Posting your suggestions below would be incredibly helpful. Thanks for reading!
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Fri Apr 22, 2016 12:13 pm
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birk says...



The Liar Revealed! I hate it!


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Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:01 pm
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Sujana says...



Once the protagonist meets their love interest for the first time, they suddenly forget how to properly handle a bow and arrow or fight and becomes a complete idiot. The author defends this claim by saying "love makes people stupid".

*chokes on vomit*

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