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Avoiding Stereotypes and Cliches in Writing


How to Avoid Clichés in Writing: Tips & Exercises | Writers.com

The cliché character relies on tropes and stereotypes to function, as though every decision were filtered through a singular concept of ...

Avoiding Cliches and Concise Language

Avoiding Cliches and Concise Language · Avoid contractions and colloquial expressions: Contractions and colloquial expressions appear in the language of informal ...

10 Tips to Avoid Clichés in Writing - Writer's Digest

The best way to avoid cliché is to practice sincerity. If we've come by sensational material honestly, through our own personal experience or imagination, we ...

What cliches should I avoid like the plague? : r/writing - Reddit

The best way to avoid cliches is to have a strong understanding of your storytelling goals, your characters, you themes, etc, and make choices that suit those ...

Avoiding Stereotypes and Cliches in Writing - Writers On The Move

Deeply describe your characters. • Allow you character to bare more than one emotion. • Let your characters have motivation for their actions. • Show your ...

More Than Words: Avoid Clichés - Good Story Company

To avoid clichés, work harder with your characters and scenes. Word choice matters, for sure. You want to avoid clichéd descriptions and phrases.

Writing 101: What Is a Cliché? Learn When to Use ... - MasterClass

3 Tips on How to Avoid Clichés in Writing · 1. Think about the meaning of the cliché. Use a dictionary to identify synonyms that could replace ...

Clichés - UNC Writing Center

How to get rid of clichés · Research or brainstorm some more. If you are relying on clichés, you might not have prepared enough for your writing assignment.

5 Writing Cliches to Avoid | NY Book Editors

5 Writing Cliches to Avoid · 1. The Love Triangle One of the most common cliches in all of literature is the love triangle. · 2. The Chosen One. In the chosen ...

Avoiding Stereotypes - Revisited - Writing Diversely

It's an important concern, stereotypes aren't just lazy writing (there isn't a person of color in the world simply bored of reading cliches) ...

How to Avoid Stereotypes and Clichés - The Writing Cooperative

Tips to help you avoid stereotypes and maintain originality: · Use your favorite stories as inspiration — not guidelines · Develop fully rounded characters that ...

Let's Talk About Clichés | How To Avoid Clichés In Your Writing

Read through your own work. Since it can be quite easy for a cliché to slip through your writing pieces, it helps to read over your work at least once or twice ...

WRITING KNOWHOW Avoiding Stereotypes and Clichés

Sometimes a name is just in the air of the times. Most often, the reasons that you like it are making a lot of other people like it too. This ...

How to recognize and avoid clichés in writing

Stereotyped or typecast characters. The handsome, brave hero; the strong but feminine, sexy heroine. The one-dimensional evil villain. The struggling artist or ...

How to Avoid Writing Clichés - YouTube

There are a few simple tricks you can use to keep your readers engaged and interested in your story. It's all too easy to write something ...

Creative Writing Tip: Avoiding Stereotypes - Matthew Arnold Stern

The antidote to stereotypes is to create well-rounded characters with clear and human motivation. Even a character who appears briefly in a story can benefit ...

Avoid cliches and stereotypes. - The Memoir Network

Cliches and stereotypes place people in often erroneous and certainly indefensible categories. As short-hand ways of writing and speaking, they ...

Writing Original Fiction: Avoiding Clichés, Tropes, and Stereotypes

Cliché's are phrases or expressions that have been used well past the sell-by date. In fiction, clichés refers to characters or story elements ...

Avoiding Stereotypes in Fiction: People of Color

What about, 'write what you know'? Research and learn about the diversity of cultures, religions, and races. Leave assumptions at the curb. Join ...

Shonda Rhimes's 10 Tips for Avoiding Clichés in Writing - MasterClass

Shonda Rhimes's 6 Tips for Avoiding Clichés in Writing · 1. If your dialogue sounds familiar, write something new. · 2. Strive to create a new ...