My Guide To A Good Book

Cliches.

Okay, so this chapter is going to be dedicated to cliches. We're going to go through them. Character cliches, and line cliches. (I already did plot cliches, so yeah.)

1. Cliche Lines.

"Tell my wife and kids I love them!" -Says the man who's dying. This is a cliche line, a classic, if you will. It is used in a lot of official, published books that can be purchased at your local book store, or checked out at your local library. Although, it's a cliche nonetheless.

"Where are you going? TO _________!" -This line is used in books, too. Usually they're used if someone needs to save someone/something, or they found out something that made them mad. This is also a bit popular, but it isn't used as much. It's a cliche either way, though.

"Try me!" -This line is often said by the hero who is confronting the villain, or it's just between two people, for example, maybe the one yelling "try me!" Is the brave, heroic schoolboy/schoolgirl who isn't afraid of the school bully, and the one who's being yelled at is the school bully. Once again, a cliche.

"I was born ready!" -This line is usually said when someone asks if they're ready, the other person will respond with this line.

"Is that all you got?" Usually this is said by a hero or villain. One of them will dodge the attack, and reply to the attack with this line, and then the villain will maybe add: "I'm just getting started!"

"Well, well, well, if it isn't ____." -This is usually said by the nemesis or villain when they bump into someone they don't like, or are against.

"You'll never get away with this!" -This line is often said by the hero that got defeated, and after their defeat, the villain did something horrible. The villain will then say: "Watch me."

"Now.. Where were we?" -Asked by a person who has been recently interrupted while in the middle of an important conversation.

"What part of ______ don't you understand?" -This is said by the annoyed person who told the other person not to do something, but they did it anyways.

2. Character Cliches

The good girl- This girl is usually placed in a romantic story where she falls in love with the bad boy. Her qualities are: She is usually described as a "nerd", sometimes she's picked on and bullied by a bully, or the bad boy, and she always gets good grades. Oh yeah, lets not forget! She also where's glasses sometimes, because we've got to get those stereotypes crammed in there somewhere!

The bad boy- The bad boy is usually placed in a romantic story where she falls in love with the nerd/good girl. His qualities are: He is rude. He is stubborn. He usually has a cigar and/or he smokes and does drugs. He bullies people, and dates girls because of the way they look sometimes. He finds the good girl/nerd annoying at first, and last but not least, he gets himself into trouble a lot. Oh, how these stories love their stereotypes.

The mean cheerleader- This girl is usually placed in a story where she bullies people. She will usually have blonde hair, because the stereotypes are just so real! Love pink, bully people for no reason, or she bullies because another girl is trying to "steal her man". She'll always look sort of 'attractive', and dates a jock/the most popular and hot guy in school.

The main villain/antagonist- Usually placed in a fantasy world, and will have some tragic backstory that has to do with savior/hero. They will always try to think of plans to destroy the main protagonist/hero/savior, because what they did was so horrible! In the end, the main protagonist/hero/savior kills the villain, and there will never once be a tragic ending.

The main protagonist/hero/savior- This one and the villain/antagonist are the ones that tick me off the most. This one is usually given a lot of power, and if you're an amateur writer, (Don't be offended, I'm one to talk) you won't write them with many flaws. Maybe they will be clumsy, and trip in front of a hot guy/girl they like who helps them up. That's not a flaw, that's just you being clumsy. One flaw isn't just enough. You've got to make your main protagonist be like a real character, and don't explain to your audience what their flaws are, let them find out. If they get angry a lot, they may have anger issues, and if they take things to seriously, and think they're doing a lot of things wrong, they may have anxiety. If they can't stand it when things aren't perfect and clean, they may have OCD. With this character cliche, they don't really have many flaws, and are often overpowered here on wattpad! You need to learn how to make a developed character that is realistic, someone people may be able to relate them. Give them real life problems, let me give you an example of an undeveloped character.

Name: Max Boswell
Age: 25
Gender: male
Sexuality: straight
Looks: short hair that's perfectly groomed everyday, handsome green eyes that make you fall in love. Adorable freckles that are scattered along his face. Stands at 6'1", has strong arms, and a six pack. Really handsome.
Personality: Bubbly, flirty, nice, strong, brave, comforting, popularest boy everrrrr!!!!!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1

No. That's horrible. If you show up to one of my RPs like that I will deny you- No hesitations. Like oh my god, I'm sorry but like- no. That's really undeveloped. He has no flaws, he's handsome, he's really popular, and it's horrible. I'm sorry you even had to learn about Max's looks and personalities- Like I'm truly sorry - that is absolutely HORRIFIC.

Anyways, byeee! Hope you enjoyed this, lol.