Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Cliches to Avoid

I'm assembling here a list of links to cliched plot lines that editors don't want to see in science fiction, fantasy, horror and speculative fiction short stories. Good reading, funny and insightful.

Clarkesworld: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/

Strange Horizons: Horror: http://www.strangehorizons.com/guidelines/fiction-common-horror.shtml
Non-horror: http://www.strangehorizons.com/guidelines/fiction-common.shtml

Writinghood Horror Cliches: http://writinghood.com/writing/10-cliches-horror-writers-should-try-to-avoid/

Meikle's Horror Cliches: http://horror.fictionfactor.com/articles/cliches.html

The Grand List of Overused Science Fiction Cliches: http://www.cthreepo.com/writing/cliche.shtml

Turkey City Lexicon: http://www.flashfictiononline.com/docs/Turkey_City_Lexicon_Primer.pdf

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