Fantasy Cliches to avoid

What are you favorite and least favorite common fantasy cliches?

Least favourite: Everyone is related, particularly when that means only their family has access to the magic McGuffin.

Avoid These Fantasy Writing Clichés - LivingWriter Writing Blog

In this post, we will be talking about fantasy writing clichés, and which ones are so bad you simply cannot afford to have them in your stories.

I'm writing a fantasy story. What are some clichés I should avoid and ...

I'm writing a fantasy story. What are some clichés I should avoid and can you give me some possible alternatives to said clichés?

Top Tropes in Fantasy to Avoid If You Want a Unique Story

Top Tropes in Fantasy to Avoid If You Want a Unique Story · Orphans · Unnamed dead wife and/or daughter · Schools · Evil parents · Medieval-style ...

13 Overused Clichés to Avoid in Your Fantasy Novel - HobbyLark

1. The Orphan The main character's parents tragically dying in an accident/in war/murdered by the antagonist is an exhausted cliché that appears in just about ...

Ten Fantasy Clichés That Should Be Put To Rest

Any story that relies on some form of simplistic shorthand to divide good from evil should be avoided. Now that's not to say that you can't have symbols or ...

Grand List of Fantasy Clichés | Silver Blade Magazine

by Kathy Pulver and J. S. Burke · Doomsday weapons. · Totally good/evil races. · Someone has a cute pet. · Lots of apostrophes in fantasy languages without good ...

Plot Tropes - Avoid Fantasy Writing Clichés 3 - JD Stanley

Let's get into ways around a clichéd version of a few fantasy plot tropes, so you can take that perspective into any others to help improve your story telling.

Fantasy cliches to avoid | Mythic Scribes Writing Forums

Staff. Moderator. Easily my most hated cliche is The Chosen One. I will tolerate it if the rest of the story is good enough, but generally ...

3 Fantasy clichés I found in my writing (and 2 more you should avoid)

My unfinished/unpublished fantasy projects are riddled with cliché. So here are 3 Fantasy clichés I found in my writing (and 2 more you should avoid.)

Fantasy cliches to avoid? | Page 2 - Writing Forums

Worry that you're going too far? Take that extra mile to make sure. Worried that it it's over the top? Keep going until you swear the words are ...

5 Fantasy Cliches to Avoid (and How to Breathe Life Back Into Them)

In this article I will explain the fantasy cliches and ways you may be able to twist or completely avoid them.

Most Overused Fantasy Tropes - Top 10 - LivingWriter Writing Blog

Top 10 Most Overused Fantasy Tropes · 10. Magic Schools · 9. Medieval Settings · 8. Dragons · 7. A Forbidden Love · 6. The Wise Old Mentor · 5. The ...

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 ...

Writing Cliches to Avoid | FANTASY - YouTube

Fantasy is one of the biggest playgrounds for a writer, and yet we end up using the same tropes. Let's try something else.

Character Tropes - Avoid Fantasy Writing Clichés 1 - JD Stanley

Let's think about the ways we might steer clear of rehashing clichéd versions of fantasy character tropes to make your story more interesting and, hopefully, ...

Are there any common tropes or cliches that experienced fantasy ...

If you spot a particular trope that seems to turn up everywhere you go then avoid it because people are probably sick of it. If you want to find ...

5 Clichés To Avoid In Your Fantasy Novel - Writer's Edit

Let's take a look at five of the most common clichés of the genre, how to avoid them, and how to engage fantasy readers who have seen it all.

Romance/Fantasy Clichés - Questions - Tapas Forum

... way in the world. I'm a sucker for anything that involves such like that with a fantasy not to it but I'm trying to avoid too many clichés …

How to Avoid Clichés in Fantasy Writing (with Pictures) - wikiHow Life

1. Avoid clichés. Avoiding clichés can be very difficult. Remember, having one or two of the clichés below is perfectly fine especially if they're important to ...