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Urban Fantasy readers: Do you find this idea of "restricted magic ...

... you generally tired of hearing stories about the government ... Urban Fantasy readers: Do you find this idea of "restricted magic" cliche?

Fantasy Clichés - Risusiverse

Fantasy Clichés · Actor - a person who performs dramas or comedies for an audience · Adventurer - a professional treasure hunter. · Artist - engages in some sort ...

Clichés and Tropes: Is Your Fantasy World Different Enough?

Have you asked yourself this yet? – Is your fantasy world different enough from all the others? This is something that's always got me a little ...

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Tropes and Clichés in Epic Fantasy: Is It Time To Move On?

(Even A Song of Ice and Fire was supposed to be a trilogy apparently, but – like a teenager's party when their parents are away – it got a bit ...

Science Fiction Tropes To Avoid - ServiceScape

... tired themes, and ensuring everything you write has the maximum impact on readers. What makes science fiction exciting? Science fiction is a ...

Fantasy Clichés–Avoided! - Harma-Mae Smit

OR, Not Another Prophecy About 'The One!' I just ran across this list of tired ... ), so how can you have a fantasy novel without any of that?

Post-apocalyptic fantasy: Avoiding cliche. - EN World

What caused you apocalypse? I'm growing tired of things like angels vs demons with earth as the battleground. Sure humanity (demi-humanity?)

How to bring a fresh twist to old tropes - Fabled Planet

They turn into tropes and clichés, and that cosy familiarity suddenly feels uninspiring and tired. ... Do you write fantasy or science fiction?

Character Tropes - Avoid Fantasy Writing Clichés 1 - JD Stanley

So reflect reality and mix it up. Make your villain female, gay, non-binary, androgynous, a formless species from another realm or a fluffy ...

Reclaiming clichés: High Fantasy - by Samantha Holloway - Medium

Reclaiming clichés: High Fantasy · Maybe they come from somewhere very different from England. · Maybe they're set in a different time frame.

National Novel Writing Month — Battling Clichés & Tired, Old Tropes:...

So, what if you gave yourself permission to write badly at first? And we don't just mean cheesy or with glaring plot holes — we mean typos, ...

Grounded Fantasy – Why I'm Tired of the Genre - The Mental Attic

When, how and where is your character telling this story? Depending on your answer, their voice should be different, don't you think? I love ...

Fantasy Races and Avoiding Racist Portrayals - Writing With Color

What you need to focus on is making your races not be archetypes/stereotypes, since not everyone within one race is the same (in any way, looks, genetics, ...

Overused Clichés in YA Fiction - The Last Book On The Left

1) The love triangle. It's just been overused and has become boring and off-putting for many readers. Nobody ever seems to do anything different with it.

General Zelda - Fantasy Cliches Zelda Must Avoid | ZD Forums

Anything you think is original has been done before, you can have a different twist to it, but that's it. That said, there are some cliches I ...

RPG cliches your tired of. | Page 2 - RPG Maker Forums

What doesn't really work is when they are 'dumb' because there isn't even a character in there or basically an (intentionally) underdeveloped ...

Cliches and the Success of Harry Potter - SFFWorld

It is said that cliches will bore readers when it comes to any form of writing. Yet, one of the most popular fantasy book and it's clones in ...

Which type of Roleplay Character Cliches do you dislike the most?

I hate the cliche of vanilla. Where the character is so painfully bland that if your character has any creativity at all, they stick out.

Tough Guide to Fantasy Clichés: Dark Lords and Evil

However, the Rules state that at this stage you will be exhausted yourself and possibly wounded by Magic. So be careful. I do think it is ...