Eclectic writer

We love to use them. Those words are familiar and so we write them down. The problem is the cliche might say just what we want to say but th...

Just what if a cliched effect? The effect is the way a character reacts to something. Using a cliched phrase is so easy. He knew he was in d...

How does one keep their characters from becoming cliches. We've all read about the tart with a big heart, the stony faced doctor, the ...

In the hear of writing, you are concerned with putting the words of the story on the paper. You reach the end of that rough draft and then c...

Meander 1 - Cliches. We are told to avoid them when we're writing our stories. But they always seem to be the right words to use. So we...

While reading On Becoming A Novelist again I came across this bit about cliches and discovered that especially during a rough draft, such t...

Someone once said "I've never met a cliche I didn't like." Not sure who but that's a true statement. I've found cl...

This is the inspirational. As writers we must use words to create a picture of the people and places we write about. Once again I've b...