How To Avoid Clichés – That Sounds Familiar

When writing articles, stories for full blown manuscripts it is often in your best interest to avoid common phrases or colloquialisms. Many writers refer to the overuse of these phrases as cliché and they avoid them like the plague.
It may take some work to find new ways to say something you’ve relied on clichés to [...]

What are the cliches to avoid as a writer with a protagnist who is a writer?

This question is for any avid readers, aspring writers out there like myself, or any full blown authors out there who may be answering. I read a review which said that it’s hard to avoid cliches when writing a story with a protagnist who is a writer, but the review never really went into depth [...]