What are the most common clichés in fiction writing?

This one is the ultimate. You will not find a more common archetype in the fantasy universe, and I die inside when I see writers regurgitating it as the premise for their novels. An orphan farm…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [What are the most common clichés in fiction writing?]( Sean Kernan • [Answered November 29, 2020]( [This one is the ultimate. You will not find a more common archetype in the fantasy universe, and I die inside when I see writers regurgitating it as the premise for their n... Read more » [Upvote] 5.5K [Comment] 270](   [Why is Apple so advanced when it comes to technology? What are their secrets?]( Jay Bazzinotti, Never stop creating. • [Answered May 12]( [I worked for Apple in the 1980s and let’s face it - a lot of their stuff was okay but IBM was MUCH better. The difference was that Apple was willing to take big, expensive ... 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Can you change my mind?]( Ada Whiteman • [Answered February 11]( [Imagine your eleven year old daughter comes to you saying that a few weeks ago a man did something very bad to her, and now she's been sick most days since, you take her to... Read more » [Upvote] 2.9K [Comment] 858](   [Why is the book Linear Algebra done right by Axler so highly regarded?]( Jeffrey Stuart, PhD Mathematics & İndustrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison (1987) • [Answered March 7]( [When it was first issued, I objected to the presumptuousness in the title of his linear algebra textbook. In the decades since, Professor Axler has revised his book extensi... 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