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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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