C.B. Lee's Blog, page 25

Why Clichés and Tropes Aren’t Necessarily a Bad Thing

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I’ve tried to be very fair in my blog posts about using clichés and tropes. Stereotypes should generally be kept off the table, but I’ve seen a lot of writing posts about how terrible clichés are. Let me respectfully disagree. While constantly using clichés and tropes to flesh out your novel isn’t the best idea in the world, I don’t think you should (or can) remove them entirely.

Clichés:

A lot of experiences that are true to life can feel like clichés because we’ve heard...

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Desert Feels | Tucson, Arizona | Canon EOS 5D

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