I don't care if you tell me you're a writer, clichés are still clichés. As my pal/Creative Writing Teacher from Northern would say, "DON'T USE THEM!"
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Writers of The Universe, writing is an art and that means that you have to become artistic/clever when it comes to writing. That means using different words, stupid. And words composed in sentences that other people have not thought of or at least don't use clichés. I understand what Lee Child is doing when he writes about black crows flying away when Raskin kills himself for The Zec, but Lee, black crows flying away during a murder scene is a cliché! I don't care if you're a fanatic when it comes to crows, don't use them! Try something else like pigeons, sparrows, any other kind of fucking birds! Make pigeons the new symbol of death, not crows!
You see writers, everything under the sun has been done so we either change that or improve the old. Every writer has their own flavour and every writer has their own voice and it is our duty to maintain that. Hell, we can have several voices but the point is we want to spice up the pot and not use the same old bland flavours.
Changing the way horror stories are written is one way. Now, The Jack Reacher novels are nowhere close to horror or thriller for that matter, but still, unless you're deliberately trying to reference a horror cliché, don't do it.
Become more clever than your predecessor. Come on, Lee!
With writes,
-Andy Ruffett
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Writers of The Universe, writing is an art and that means that you have to become artistic/clever when it comes to writing. That means using different words, stupid. And words composed in sentences that other people have not thought of or at least don't use clichés. I understand what Lee Child is doing when he writes about black crows flying away when Raskin kills himself for The Zec, but Lee, black crows flying away during a murder scene is a cliché! I don't care if you're a fanatic when it comes to crows, don't use them! Try something else like pigeons, sparrows, any other kind of fucking birds! Make pigeons the new symbol of death, not crows!
You see writers, everything under the sun has been done so we either change that or improve the old. Every writer has their own flavour and every writer has their own voice and it is our duty to maintain that. Hell, we can have several voices but the point is we want to spice up the pot and not use the same old bland flavours.
Changing the way horror stories are written is one way. Now, The Jack Reacher novels are nowhere close to horror or thriller for that matter, but still, unless you're deliberately trying to reference a horror cliché, don't do it.
Become more clever than your predecessor. Come on, Lee!
With writes,
-Andy Ruffett
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