Clichés

Sometimes the harder you try to aviod clichés, the more common it happens.

If you write a darn good story, and people say, "Omg! That's like so clichéd." At least you wrote a bloody good story, who cares if it's a little clichéd?

I tend to write a lot of cliche's, but I don't try to. I'm trying to stray away from them, or maybe put a twist to it. So I'm still learning :D

In most of my one-shots, they're starting to get repetitive. All the male characters have problems (drug abuse, depression, etc.) But personally, I think the characters are different.

I usually avoid cliches, I hate them.

I haven't read a story that has absolutely no cliches in it. A story that has cliches isn't necessarily a bad story. You can use cliches but add twists and original story elements and that keeps it fresh.

I find it's only when cliches are used as the foundation to the story that it becomes a problem. Cliches in small doses I think are fine, but don't base your story around one. Use them to highlight parts in your story, or in subplots.

I hate it when people complain about cliches. I mean, come on, it's there and you can't avoid it because half the world writes and that means every single story plot has been used once, in one way or another. A good writer picks up a cliche and produces an epic story. A bad writer picks up a cliche and hands it out, without doing anything about it.

Cliches are everywhere, and it's hard to avoid. So stop trying hard to avoid it, and just write. If you try to avoid it, then what's the use of writing at all?

^ Exactly.
I write for myself and no one else, and if I like what I've written even though it might be cliché, I'm not gonna change it because others might not like it. I think one of the things that make a good writer is when they have an overused plot and make something entirely different of it.

Avioding cliches is like trying not to breathe. It's hard to do, but it just takes a skilled auther to hide the cliche in words without the reader noticing. But sometimes a cliche story can be the best. For an example The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, like fucking hell that's one massive cliche but it's beautifully written, so it doesn't really have an effect on you. Well it didn't for me.

The Marty Parade:

I think one of the things that make a good writer is when they have an overused plot and make something entirely different of it.

This basically sums up what I want to say.

It's virtually impossible to have a plot that hasn't been done before. Some of the most popular books are the most clichéd things ever, but they work because the writer made it their own. I don't think there's anything wrong with having a cliché story, as long as you write it well enough.

One of my one-shots was very cliche, with the I got raped and then you kiss me and we screw each other shit. Sometimes, cliches are the best thing if you write the story the right way. I'm always thinking of twists and turns for the plot lines, but some of my ideas aren't executed properly.

I actually like cliches. If they're written in an interesting and unique way, they're great. It's basically where I get all of my inspiration...

veronika:

I haven't read a story that has absolutely no cliches in it. A story that has cliches isn't necessarily a bad story. You can use cliches but add twists and original story elements and that keeps it fresh.

I find it's only when cliches are used as the foundation to the story that it becomes a problem. Cliches in small doses I think are fine, but don't base your story around one. Use them to highlight parts in your story, or in subplots.

Though I have to admit my first fanfiction was nothing but cliché.

I quite like cliches.
I once tried to write a parody using strictly cliches, but I never finished it.

The only thing that could bother is if the writer doesn't realise what they're writing is cliched and acts as though they're the first person to come up with the plotline or something.

I'm currently writing a fanfiction that's quite cliche. It's about a soldier who, during an ambush of an enemy unit, takes a girl (thinking she's an enemy, as well) hostage.

Of course, it's going to be the "captor falls for the captive" story,but I don't see those very often, so I'm unsure if it's actually a cliche?


Either way, I like the idea of the story, and have gotten mostly positive reviews so far.

I change them, I twist them around
like in Roxanne, girl dates rocker before he's a rocker,
they break up, then get back together and then epic twist.
but it's in three parts.
So the twist isn't written yet, and it probably won't be soon.

I don't care about cliches, I read them and write them, to an extent. What's important is if the writer has the ability to capture the reader EVEN though its a cliche that they had read a hundred times before.

I hate when I go back and read one of my stories and see a cliche that I just can't take out. (It'll screw up the plot if I do.)

Just the other day I was reading the first one I put on here - it's pretty much my flesh and blood - and I found a giant honking cliche. I facepalmed immediately.

^I know what you mean. It makes you so mad that it's there, but you can't take it out, because it would screw up everything XD

astronaut.:

I quite like cliches.
I once tried to write a parody using strictly cliches, but I never finished it.

The only thing that could bother is if the writer doesn't realise what they're writing is cliched and acts as though they're the first person to come up with the plotline or something.

My goal in life is to write a cliche parody XD
That bothers me as well. I always try to keep in mind (especially in fanfiction) if I'm writing some sort of cliche, then someone else has OBVIOUSLY done it before, so I need to figure out a way to make it as original as possible.
My biggest problem when I started writing was making not cliche plots, but cliche characters. Best way to avoid it? Make your characters human. It's a really common problem, characters not being human enough, and it leads to a lot of cliches.

The thing is, everyone tries to be different and avoid cliches, then everyone's "different" stories are similar to eachother.

Thank you for posting this!
I HATE cliches! They are way too OVER USED!

^ That's why they're cliche

In one of my classes last semester we were learning about how to try and avoid cliches. One of the lecturers was saying that it's mainly about objectifying the subject and objectifying the subject (please don't ask me to explain that, I have it perfectly clear in my head, but I am hopeless at explaining things )
But basically if you focus on the subject and describing it rather than talking/writing in broader terms then you should be able to avoid using too many cliches..