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Enough Already…Well-Loved Literary Clichés

bridget whelan's avatarBRIDGET WHELAN writer

 MirrorJoanne Harris, author of fourteen novels including Chocolat, has put together ten of  her favourites literary clichés.
They include:
The protagonist who describes herself whilst standing in front of the mirror.
Exposition Man, who says things like: “As you know, we’ve been brothers for twenty years…”
Women Who Play With their Hair. Tossing; tucking; flicking; smoothing – almost as annoying as Women Who Bite Their Lip.
Read the full list on her tumblr account where she has also written a short story that crams as many clichés as she can.
I suspect the opening will give you a sense of deja vu….and it includes one of my pet hates: revealing the colour of the hero’s eyes. Of all the footling crumbs of information to burden the reader with this must be the most useless. The only memorable description I’ve ever read that was worth the ink was…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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