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Showing posts with label sharing with writers. Show all posts
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Monday, September 1, 2008

Tip for Improving Your Cliche Detector

I thought I should include this "Tip" for readers of The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor. It is from my weekly newsletter (which is always filled with tips on everything from craft to marketing), Sharing with Writers. To subscribe, send me an e-mail to HoJoNews@aol.com and put SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.

Tip:
It is always easier for others to find our clichés than for us to do it for ourselves. Taking a poetry class may help with identifying clichés. Some words you'd never expect are tip-offs that you may be writing in clichés (or at least generalizations) rather than in solid images. Words like "soul," and "memories," as an example.

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson edits, consults and speaks on issues of publishing. Find her The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870. Learn more about her other authors' aids at www.howtodoitfrugally.com. She blogs on all things publishing (not just editing!) at www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com.