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One of the earliest Web pages on clichés (in this case, from science fiction) contains a passage about their use: Clichés are not in themselves necessarily bad, but their overuse shows that the...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T02:06:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/47550 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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EvilSnack
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2019-12-08T02:06:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
One of the earliest [Web pages on clichés](http://evilsnack.byethost22.com/cliche.htm) (in this case, from science fiction) contains a passage about their use: > Clichés are not in themselves necessarily bad, but their overuse shows that the writer has forgotten what separates the strong tale from the hollow: "the human heart in conflict with itself," as Faulkner said. Where there is this conflict, the tale stands; where the conflict is absent, the tale falls flat, and in neither case does it matter how many ships get blown up. When you purposefully avoid clichés, you do so either as a self-imposed exercise in creativity, or because of a fear that your use of them will distract the reader from the good parts. As the above quote says, the latter motive has no basis, **if** your writing is otherwise good.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-08-25T01:55:18Z (about 5 years ago)
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