Too many new writers dress up old cliches.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Let's have some new cliches.
Cliches are cliches because they are true.
Cliched characters are cliches because they're people being described by people who are on the outside. If you take two sentences from anybody and reduce them to just that, that's what you're going to get.
Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.
A cliche is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear imprint.
Touching on universality is an important part of effective storytelling, but the problem with cliches is that they are tired and dull. And that's where writers must try to be artful.
I hate cliche.
People regurgitate the same old cliches and it becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy of something that's vaguely interesting.
The cliche is dead poetry.
Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.