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General Zelda - Fantasy Cliches Zelda Must Avoid | Page 2

One that I never want to see is the "You must atone for the great evil you have done" some fantasy stories have. I feel these stories get ...

Yeah, well, you know what? Your face is cliche. - Hildred Billings

And to credit, a lot of fantasy novels do make use of “tired” cliches: group quest, save the world, etc. etc. Hell I freely admit to using ...

Fantasy Cliche - Larian Studios forums

I love seeing them in games, movie, books even though I get tired how they get the short end of the stick in most of western culture. This is one of the many ...

You Spin Me Round: Making Clichés Work for You - Fiction University

In my WIP, I'm trying to find ways to create new cliches. My story is based in the middle ages, so their turns of phrase would be different. So ...

Avoiding tropes and fantasy cliches in Moon Hunters

The biggest problem however, for me as a reader is that it all feels tired and old, due in large part of fantasy cliches. ... I don't think you can have fantasy ...

Fantasy Tropes and Clichés - Joy V Spicer

Fantasy Tropes and Clichés · The chosen one. The protagonist who's chosen as the one to defeat the evil, usually for no other reason than they ...

Fantasy Cliches you hate? - Questions - Tapas Forum

It's been said before in this thread but metal bras/bikinis as armor like??? draw some non-sexist fantasy armor. It can be as crazy and fantasy ...

Quests and Fantasy Cliches - Kingdom Pen

Quests and Fantasy Cliches · Defeat the Evil Overlord · Rescue the Princess · Defeat the Dragon or (since this is becoming more common) Befriend the Dragon · Find ...

Fantasy cliches to avoid? | Page 2 - Writing Forums

Even the act of writing fantasy is cliche', what more could you expect from the content. Don't over-think it and you should be fine.

Forums: Fantasy Creature Cliches - DeviantArt

... sick of vampires and werewolves I am at the moment. Are there any fantasy creatures in the genre that you find are way too overused? And, on the other hand ...

Urban fantasy and paranormal cliches - Page 2

The cliches I'm seeing in urban fantasy, is vampires and werewolves who are moral characters refusing to indulge in their animalistic ways (ie drink cow ...

Cliche Fantasy - Young Writers Society

List any cliche fantasy books you've ever read. I'll start: Eragon ... ✖ I'm sick, you're tired. Let's dance. User avatar 16 Reviews.

How to Make or Break Fantasy Clichés | There And Draft Again

Break- Simple. Don't have magic. I know that might frighten some people, but you can still have a fantasy story without overt magic. Princess:.

Cliche Dialogue Readers Hate - School of Plot

Instead of showing them something or explaining what they need to show you, a character cryptically declares, "There's something you need to see ...

Writing: Avoiding Pitfalls - A Detour on Clichés and Tropes - Wattpad

You don't want to veer into cliché territory and tell the same tired plotline with the same tired characters over and over again. ... A quest story in fantasy ...

Annoying cliches in movies and tv shows | Final Fantasy Forums

What are some cliches that you are tired of seeing in movies and tv shows? I hate that the rich girl is always the enemy and a complete brat ...

Six Clichés to Watch Out For - Mythcreants

... you write heroic fantasy you probably should use some. If you are tired ... These cliches that you mention I would call more patterns, or ...

The clichés of Kingdom Hearts series.

You mean anime cliches or just fictional cliches in general? Because ... tired of them. Glad you mentioned those thought. We gotta dig ...

Clichés Can Be Surprising - Cathleen Townsend

... tired of the phrase, too. Christopher Fielden has other tips for your reading pleasure on his site that I highly recommend you check. They ...

What Do You Do When Your Favourite Genre Becomes “Tired”?

There are probably more books out there which follow that same template, and after whole it gets boring. While everyone has one favourite genre, ...