The Reason Why Cliches are OK in Your Writing

August Birch
The Book Mechanic
Published in
5 min readApr 1, 2019

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The first rule of writing club is don’t write cliches into your work. The second rule of writing club is don’t write cliches into your work. This is common writing advice — taught by seasoned pros near and far.

I have a small beef with said blanket advice so I’ll proceed to climb atop my soapbox.

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August Birch
The Book Mechanic

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