How To Avoid Using Cliches In Storylines?
How is it possible to avoid cliches in storylines that you are writing? Obviously, there are external sources of influences as you read more and more. It would be possible that we are subconsciously and unaware that we are crafting a story that bears similar resemblance to a story that we particularly like.
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TV Tropes is a good resource for looking up clichés in literature as well as other media.
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Find a good editor, and when you hand over the manuscript, let the editor know that this is a particular issue for you, and ask the editor to keep an eye out for it. If you know that you read a lot of one writer, mention that writer to the editor and say "I like this person, but I want to make sure I'm not unduly influenced."
There's a reason you can't really "proofread yourself." It's very hard to see your own biases.
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