Cliches are the bane of any good writer. Avoiding them is key when crafting compelling stories with original plots and characters. So you’ll be glad to learn that videogames make you cliche-savvy.
Videogames, like any genre, have their fair share of overused cliches. Playing a game that makes heavy use of them is one of the fastest ways to become unmotivated and bored. But that feeling, that sense of the familiar, can be weaponized when it comes to your writing.
Cliches are so common because they’re familiar and easy. The best way to avoid overdone tropes is to learn what they are in the first place. Games help you with that because a lot of the tropes found in games are also found in fiction. So as you game, even if it’s a bad game, you’re learning what not to do.
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