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. Thebest 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.
“Show don’t tell” is a writing adage for a reason. It
encourages your readers to become active participants in your story and
increases audience immersion. Video games just happen to be the ideal tool to
teach your writer brain to show rather than tell.
If you’ve ever played a game with an obnoxious voice-over
explaining every minutia.
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