Re: The Effect of Cliches on a Story: A Writer's Inquiry
Well any genre, even the ya fiction doesn't have to be ridden by clichés. My lady and I both enjoyed the hunger games, and I can highly recommend James Dashna's maze runner.On the other hand as I said Peers Brown's red rising series
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I pretty much agree with both Dark and Silver Moon here. Cliches, or in a broader scope, formulas are trend setting for a current era or genre of books, so it's not about using them that's good or bad, it's using them in a good or
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I'm not sure silvermoon. One reason I wrote my above article on "formulae" rather han specifically clichés or tropes is it is far easier to define a formula, ie something that is to create an expected result, than a cliché. For
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Okay so here's my thought on clichés, and mind you I'm not a writer.Nor, will I ever be one.clichés, are what they are, I mean everyone uses them in some way or other, even if you try an stay away from them.so my answer is, it's not
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I will admit, Dragonlance is far more dismal than Forgotten Realms. After all, it is all about a world destroyed by magic and in the process of rebuilding and such. But that's not my point here. I like your article, Dark, and have
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Hey folks! Dragomier, I honestly see cliches and other predictable resources as pieces of a bigger pusle. They may or may not be used, it is up to you, but the thing is, you have to know those pieces are sometimes well known, so it
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Thanks Cae, glad my random rambles did sort of come in handy . if I was being critical I would wonder about tracy hickman and clichés, since I know the dragonlance books much were written with D character sheets, then again since
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Thanks Cae, glad my random rambles did sort of come in handy .
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Re: The Effect of Cliches on a Story: A Writer's Inquiry
Dark, I think yours answers it much better than mine:)
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Interesting question, though to be honest a lot of what I would say I have already said in This article on Formulae in books which I wrote for fantasybookreview.co.uk, the site I write book reviews for.I probably would say the same
The Effect of Cliches on a Story: A Writer's Inquiry
Hello everyone,As you may have deduced from the title of this topic, I am considering the effect of tropes, cliches, and other such plot devices in my writing.This all began last night, after I completed The Hero of Kendrickstone,
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