How can a writer avoid cliches when describing characters?

I’ve been asked a writer question: How to describe characters and avoid cliches? That’s a rather common question, usually by newish writers because writers with a lot of experience know that almost all fictional characters are either cliches or archetypes of real people. Every writer wishes to avoid cliches. Every writer hopes to have their …

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