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Q&A How many metaphors?

Some of the best books I read have a heap of metaphors, awesomely describing the characters' surroundings or the characters themselves. My creativity appears to be limited in metaphors. I want to a...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by James‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Mark Baker‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar James‭ · 2019-12-08T06:22:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
Some of the best books I read have a heap of metaphors, awesomely describing the characters' surroundings or the characters themselves. My creativity appears to be limited in metaphors. I want to avoid clichés, and I want to invent as many of my own metaphors as possible. But how many metaphors should I actually put in my novel?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-04-24T03:39:25Z (over 7 years ago)
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