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Horror Clichés and How To Avoid Them

Posted on May 8, 2021 Leave a Comment

Well, we’re getting near the end of our series on genre clichés and how to avoid them. Today it’s all about horror.

Romance Clichés and How to Avoid Them

Posted on May 7, 2021 Leave a Comment

I’m just going to come right out and say it: love stories really aren’t my thing…. Nevertheless, romance is a major genre of fiction and we are right in the middle of a series on genre clichés and how to avoid them so it seemed only right for me to take a stab at this anyway. So here goes nothing.

Sci-Fi Clichés and How to Avoid Them

Posted on May 6, 2021 Leave a Comment

For those of you who haven’t read the previous post, get over there and read it for even more sci-fi cliché goodness. But first, and without further ado, I give you today’s top three sci-fi clichés…

Mystery Clichés and How to Avoid Them

Posted on May 5, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Fantasy Clichés and How to Avoid Them

Posted on May 4, 2021 Leave a Comment

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve done a series of posts on any subject so I decided it was about time for another one: this time focusing on all your favourite genre clichés and how to avoid them.

5 Sci-Fi Tropes I Could Live Without

Posted on March 4, 2021 1 Comment

For some reason, sci-fi is just chock full of certain clichéd tropes, some of which are so very ridiculous that it frankly beggars belief that they ever became clichés. The others are just plain done to death. What follows are some of my (least) favourites.

Christmas Clichés and How to Avoid Them

Posted on December 25, 2020 Leave a Comment

Since I’ve just come to the end of my series on genre clichés and how to avoid them, I thought: what better thing to post about this Christmas than Christmas movie clichés?

Throwback Thursday: 5 Sci-Fi Tropes I Could Live Without

Posted on October 31, 2019 Leave a Comment

For some reason, sci-fi is just chock full of certain clichéd tropes, some of which are so very ridiculous that it frankly beggars belief that they ever became clichés. The others are just plain done to death. What follows are some of my (least) favourites.

Christmas Clichés and How to Avoid Them

Posted on December 23, 2018 Leave a Comment

Since I’ve just come to the end of my series on genre clichés and how to avoid them, I thought: what better thing to post about this Christmas than Christmas movie clichés?