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Tag Archives: cliché

Clichés: inept and/or corrupt rulers

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Tomas

I’ve shared my thoughts about several clichés in the past – but not all of them. Today, I’m returning to this topic with another one: inept and/or corrupt rulers (with focus on fantasy).

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Clichés: star-crossed lovers

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Tomas

As I hinted during my previous cliché-based articles, I’ve come to look into the ‘star-crossed lovers’ cliché and, eventually, what I call ‘the princess cliché’ subgroup.

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Clichés: family feuds

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Tomas

Family feud is another very old cliché. While it was probably made the most famous by William Shakespeare, it has much older roots. In this post, I’ll share my look into it and try to explore the ways it can be used.

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Clichés: collapsing cave

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Tomas

I am back with another post about a specific cliché. This time, it’s what I called ‘The collapsing cave’ even though it’s definitely not limited to caves, as I’ll show through the post.

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Clichés: Forbidden fruit

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Tomas

Forbidden fruit: a very old cliché that, in some forms, became an idiom for something one should not do even though it’s far from the original magnitude. It still has its charm and purpose in writing. Today, I’ll look into this one.

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Clichés: love eternal

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Tomas

In another cliché-related post, I’ll touch the most used and maybe the one most favored by readers: eternal love. I’ll share why I think it works so well as well as some thoughts about the alternatives.

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Clichés: prophecy

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Tomas

In the past months, I’ve made a post about clichés and eventually a post about my history with one of them. Today, I’m returning to this topic to touch another in detail: prophecies (and, by extension, the chosen ones).

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Clichés: the timing of pain

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Tomas

I guess anyone had seen this before: a hero goes through all kinds of hell and feels no pain but when it’s over and someone (usually an attractive female that ends up being his romantic interest) takes care of his wounds, all that pain comes back to them. Today, I’ll look at this closely.

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Writing: My history with the Princess cliché

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Tomas

Princesses are the subject of several clichés in children’s tales and eventually in fantasy. I’d say that “marry the princess and live happily ever after” is one of the biggest and oldest clichés. I have some history with it – and I’ll share some of it today.

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Clichés – the necessary evil?

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Tomas

Here comes another post inspired by a discussion on Goodreads, this time about clichés. They are something advised against but can you avoid them completely? Can you use them well?

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