tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post5450851523148502903..comments2012-05-03T17:14:15.603-04:00Comments on Catherine Trizzino's Blog: Pure as the Driven SnowCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855774802992759787noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-57124216343762141692010-02-18T11:37:29.731-05:002010-02-18T11:37:29.731-05:00Thanks Joy and Corra, for the read and comment. xx...Thanks Joy and Corra, for the read and comment. xxx CatCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17855774802992759787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-19440621746102174302010-02-17T00:03:25.408-05:002010-02-17T00:03:25.408-05:00Great post, Cat!! I scan my WIP for cliche words/p...Great post, Cat!! I scan my WIP for cliche words/phrases, but cliche characters has (gulp!) never occurred to me!<br /><br />This is why I love the blogging world. :)<br /><br />Corra x<br /><br /><a href="http://corramcfeydon.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">from the desk of a writer</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-4991309103127908782010-02-16T17:55:45.427-05:002010-02-16T17:55:45.427-05:00Thanks for these reminders. I've discovered th...Thanks for these reminders. I've discovered that many, many phrases in English are just that, cliches. I use them, but sparingly.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-23544975619640958802010-02-11T09:30:15.661-05:002010-02-11T09:30:15.661-05:00Great points, Tirz. It is all about finding balanc...Great points, Tirz. It is all about finding balance. Agree about dialogue. I have found myself at the opposite extreme. Working so hard to find new ways to say things that my work becomes stiff and unnatural. Thanks for the read and comment! CatCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17855774802992759787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-33164312791498517692010-02-11T00:25:42.210-05:002010-02-11T00:25:42.210-05:00Cliches are one of those things where I see both s...Cliches are one of those things where I see both sides of it. I do get tired of reading a piece of writing that has not one original description. <br /><br />But in dialogue, cliches are usually more accurate to real speech. <br /><br />But in poems? Yikes. Please no.<br /><br />I think you have to find that line between not 'reinventing the wheel' =-) and being a description magician.<br /><br />TirzTirzahLaughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505559474373463632noreply@blogger.com