Comments on: Clichés – drag or opportunity?

By: Barbara Lorna Hudson

Barbara Lorna Hudson — Sun, 22 May 2016 22:05:57 +0000

Thank you. A very helpful post. And now I must get your book when it comes out in English.

By: Martha Conway

Martha Conway — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:08:10 +0000

Eva,
I love how you progress in this post from not liking cliches to realizing a favorite writer might be defined for his cliches … but escapes it (maybe because of his writing prowess?). Your book sounds fascinating.

-Martha

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 01:32:43 +0000

Thank you! It was a useful post, and I quoted from it in my own this week. http://paulareednancarrow.com/2014/09/01/carpe-yolo/. Given that cliches are the theme for this whole season’s performance, I may have to come back to it repeatedly.

By: Carpe YOLO | Paula Reed Nancarrow

Carpe YOLO | Paula Reed Nancarrow — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 05:23:53 +0000

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By: Linda Maye Adams

Linda Maye Adams — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:43:09 +0000

The only problem with cliches is that a writer starts with them, they’re never going to rise above them and come up with an original story. Instead, they’re going to be competing with all the other writers who are doing the same thing.

By: Anjali

Anjali — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:06:01 +0000

In reply to Eva.

Hi Eva,
Thank you so much for responding – and you got my point totally! As a person from a different culture, even the way I ‘use’ the English language differently – it’s both frustrating and fun to discover these various undercurrents that exist, in the flow of language itself. But then, that’s what makes writing and reading such fun 🙂

By: Gargi

Gargi — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:15:20 +0000

Great point. Even though I may not want to read a book filled with clichés, a generous sprinkling of them induces a familiarity that makes me comfortable.

By: Theresa Doghor

Theresa Doghor — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:48:03 +0000

Which will I do now?

I was reading somewhere and was asked not to use cliches. They said the reason was because reading make an article boring.

check http://www.udookonjo.com

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 23:08:48 +0000

In reply to Anjali. Hi Anjali, I think this is a very interesting point, and I wish I had had an extra 200 or 300 words to discuss it. There are certainly clichés which are country or culture-specific; for example, in the last 15 years or so, a sort of "Civil War memory" genre has developed in Spanish literature, with its own clichés. I personally find them tiresome, but I know that some non-Spanish people have found them interesting and informative (and, to be fair, some of the novels which use such clichés are well-written and tell interesting stories). In fact, it could be argued that certain well-known writers have made a career out of 're-branding' national clichés from their own country for international consumption.

By: Anjali

Anjali — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:50:31 +0000

…and also what about the fact that what might be considered as a cliche in one culture might not be so in another? To view something from only one view-point is very limited..no? As someone who does not necessarily view literature from only the western point of view – I hold a completely diverse view on the use of cliches!