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Fanfic cliches
RokofAges75:
Aww, thanks Teri... that means a lot to me that it meant so much to you. :) I'm so sorry to hear about your grandma, and I'm praying that everything goes okay for you!
Teri:
Yeah my grandma was really hard to get through but ur story and writing Alyssa's dad's death from cancer and how she dealt with it helped me get out a ton of my emotions. as far as me it's more like i'm just gonna deal as it comes
Stephanie:
In some cases, I believe, authors sort of create this inevitability of running into cliches. The stories that I have posted on the site (at least most of my older ones) are sort of cliche BUT in doing them, I think I was able to learn from them and sort of hone in on a particular skill. You write them then learn that 'hey, this is sort of cookie cutter and has sort of an interchangeabl e plot' then you learn from that. I've since distaced myself from romance stories since often times, you do find a lot of cliches in that genre as far as the band goes as a lot of stories are fans and band members meeting and falling in love.
Teri:
Yeah fans meeting the band love story are soo cliched. Even the best friend stories are. (Insert joke about my best friend story LOL) but yeah it's all about learning from writing and your experiences from it.
RokofAges75:
Yeah, I agree. You gotta start somewhere, and it's hard to be original when pretty much everything has been done. But like you guys said, after you write some cliched stuff and get better at writing, you learn to take an idea and put your own spin on it to make it original.
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