Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums - View Single Post - Cliches.....are they really all that bad?

pyan · 2nd November 2007, 02:49 AM

This came up as a panel at FantasyCon - "Are Fantasy Tropes dead"
The general opinion seems to have been that you can get away with using them, but it's better to try to put a new slant on them if you can....try to avoid their use if you can't think of an original variation.

2nd November 2007, 02:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
pyan Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,963	Re: Cliches.....are they really all that bad? This came up as a panel at FantasyCon - "Are Fantasy Tropes dead" The general opinion seems to have been that you can get away with using them, but it's better to try to put a new slant on them if you can....try to avoid their use if you can't think of an original variation.