A sensitive, winsome child lives with its alcoholic and abusive parent in a ramshackle trailer. Then something bad happens.
...went back in time...saved the day...fell in love...returned to future... OR An exact replica of a school...except for the fact that only about 0.0000000000000000001% of writers seem to depict the language (AKA cussing) found in ALL schools. Take it from a student. You might be surprised. It's almost more prominent at religious schools. But no one says as much. OR Hero passes unscathed through the ultimate disaster.
This cliche refers to titles. Notice that everything is The Chronicles of Blah Blah Blah or The Blah Blah Blah Chronicles as of late? I could do with fewer stories/series making use of that word....
Good versus Evil. How many cliched things can beat the cliche-ness of this cliche? We need more Neutral vs. Neutral.
The writer tries really hard to think of something to write. Then he gives up, and goes and posts on an internet discussion forum. Or, conversely: The young person agonizes over telling his/her parents that he/she is really an astronaut/homosexual/lion tamer/coconut farmer.... and that's all he/she does for the entire "story".
Ha ha ha! Vampires have fangs, and can't go out into the sunlight. Humans are weak, unless dipped into radio active waste. (Lol.)
The MC and friend are hiding in a dusty area from a dinosaur/man in suit/evil Chinese man with a limp and the friend sneezes.....Oh crap.
Hey, that reminds me of The Toxic Avenger. Well, one trite thing I hate is that the MC of many fantasies are either smart or strong, but never both.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when something bad happens.
When someone the MC loves dies and they just know, they feel it because they're connected. I hate that >.>
bad guy monologues after/during/before the final battle with the MC at the end of the story, telling everyone the location of the bomb/the girl/million dollars in cash.
The bad guy and good guy being former best friends and/or relatives. Or even worse, the bad guy being the good guy's former hero.
