Comments on: Cliche Queen

By: Mamrite and Tea

Mamrite and Tea — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:42:31 +0000

Yes you’re right I shall hunt them down!

By: Joelle

Joelle — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:26:23 +0000

What’s hilarious is I read further into the book and the SAT thing came up in this book too! I really think that you can use any or many of these things, but that nine times out of ten, it’s the first thing that you thought of. And guess what? It’s the first thing everyone thinks of. I’m trying to encourage people (and myself) to stretch beyond those first inclinations and ideas by offering up the list.

By: Mamrite and Tea

Mamrite and Tea — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:38:13 +0000

I liked the new additions too and I have seen the SAT one a few times recently but it worked really well in one and in the other I just though huh? I think Kim’s right it depends on how you use your cliches or that’s what I’m hoping anyway!

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:44:44 +0000

I agree with you, Joelle. I think a book can have a few cliches and still be wonderfully worth reading! I really enjoyed your newest additions to the cliche list. I met with a children’s book editor at a conference fairly recently, and in discussing my novel (which is about an orphaned boy–not Harry Potter-esque at all, though), I said that I knew having an orphaned main character was a cliche. She really surprised me and said something to the effect of, “So what? If it works really well and is intrinsic to the development of your story, then what’s the problem?” Maybe that’s the key–our cliches have to MATTER, or we risk having them become simply bad/lazy writing? What do you think?