The only valid reason to use clichés is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect the scene he is trying to dramatize enough to fashion it through precise prose and imaginative imagery. From the book Dare to be a Great Writer: 329 Keys to Powerful Fiction by
Insights and perceptions pass through the mind like fleet fireflies. Lit for an instant, then gone back into the dark. - Leonard Bishop
Insights and perceptions pass through the mind like fleet fireflies. Lit for an instant, then gone back into the dark.
- Leonard Bishop
Writing is done by someone. It is not, like some mythical goddess, a skill that springs forth, full grown from the genes of inspiration. - Leonard Bishop
Writing is done by someone. It is not, like some mythical goddess, a skill that springs forth, full grown from the genes of inspiration.
The only valid reason to use clichés is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect the scen… - Leonard Bishop
The only valid reason to use clichés is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect the scen…
Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps. - Leonard Bishop
Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps.
Unless a writer lives with a periodic delusion of his greatness, he will not continue writing. He must believe, against all reason and evidence, that… - Leonard Bishop
Unless a writer lives with a periodic delusion of his greatness, he will not continue writing. He must believe, against all reason and evidence, that…
Great writers zealously learn the craft of their profession so they can release the power and the depth of their imagination and experience. - Leonard Bishop
Great writers zealously learn the craft of their profession so they can release the power and the depth of their imagination and experience.
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