Kill clichés.
I read that somewhere last week. I often read it, somewhere. If, like me, you
do not enjoy editing and find it the hardest part of being a writer, I wager
you have an insatiable yearning for as much help as you can find on the
subject. This is how I came across (many times) the words ‘kill clichés’. Bizarrely, as I sat
down to begin this blog piece, a cliché
is precisely the first thing that popped into my head. I opened a blank
document and there it was, wagging its little tail excitedly and bouncing on
the spot. Well, I thought, I’m not writing my novel now, I’m writing a blog
piece and it is a sweet little thing. So I’m using it.
