Clichés are, by definition, old hat, but what if there’s a subtler version of the oh-so-enticing little literary buggers?
Blogging for the Guardian, Peter Robbins pontificates on his own personal clichés, and how (although they may not realize it), many writers tend to develop fallbacks of vocabulary that are uniquely, their own. This can lead, Robbins muses, to a body of work by a single author that is dangerously riddled with self-made clichés. How to avoid this vicious, repetitious cycle? A simple suggestion: get a really, really good editor.
