Let's muder those cliches!

Although there are certain authors who can make cliches work, most authors cannot! Therefore let's do away with them!

·                                 add insult to injury

·                                 better late than never

·                                 brought back to reality

·                                 crushing blow

·                                 easier said than done

·                                 face the music

·                                 flat as a pancake

·                                 gentle as a lamb

·                                 green with envy

·                                 hard as a rock

·                                 moving experience

·                                 needle in a haystack

·                                 ripe old age

·                                 shoulder the burden

·                                 stand in awe

·                                 strong as an ox

·                                 untimely death

·                                 wise as an owl

 Do not do this to yourself people! I shuddered just typing them up!

2. Prophesies are so last year, think of another method  of information other than a wise woman or a magic glowing orb, in other words DON'T BE LAME!

3. It is always better to be creepy than cutesy, since creepiness is usually avoided.

4.Use odd metaphors and similes for a common experience!

ex.. I crumpled to the ground, like an old pair of yellowed jock straps and moaned.

5. If you HAVE to use a cliche, please have the decency to put quotes around them, especially when it's stream of consciousness.

6.No matter how much you care for a sentence or passage, or whatever, let it go if it's too predictable!

7. Look at a piece of your writing, find all the cliches present and try to figure out what you want to say, then find a way to say it better. It works!

8. Attempt to formalize your language! Cliches tend to bring the quality of writing down.

9.THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH USING A THESAURUS! I know alot of writers who feel a sort of pride when they don't use one, but don't listen to them, they're blubbering a******s.USE ONE! All the time!You will find words that cover your meaning far better than any ambiguous cliche can!

10. When you put your personality in a writing, the quirks you have will come out, this is good! Use them to develop your own witty phrases and you might be the next Oscar Wilde!

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