Writer’s Corner: Kill Your Cliches

Marlon James, the Booker Award-winning author of The Book of Night Women andA Brief History of Seven Killings, has some advice on cliches, presented as a series of questions to the struggling writer.

A few selections:

“How many times can the sun kiss you before it gets inappropriate?” “If noise keeps assaulting your ears can you file a complaint?” “Why are pipes always leaking, heat always sweltering, breezes always gentle, rain always soft, eyes always blue, streets always busy, holes alway...