Comments on: Dodging Tired Clichés and Phrases http://www.meryl.net/2006/06/28/dodging-tired-cliches-and-phrases/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, social media Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:21:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: 30 Days of Writing Tips – Day 7 – Avoid Clichés — About Freelance Writing http://www.meryl.net/2006/06/28/dodging-tired-cliches-and-phrases/comment-page-1/#comment-821866 30 Days of Writing Tips – Day 7 – Avoid Clichés — About Freelance Writing Wed, 04 May 2011 14:40:42 +0000 http://meryl.net/2006/06/28/dodging-tired-cliches-and-phrases/#comment-821866 [...] The admonition to freelance writers avoid clichés is probably a cliché in itself. Which doesn’t make it less true. Meryl K. Evans, the Content Maven has a delightful post called Dodging Tired Clichés and Phrases. [...] [...] The admonition to freelance writers avoid clichés is probably a cliché in itself. Which doesn’t make it less true. Meryl K. Evans, the Content Maven has a delightful post called Dodging Tired Clichés and Phrases. [...]

]]> By: Jason Spector http://www.meryl.net/2006/06/28/dodging-tired-cliches-and-phrases/comment-page-1/#comment-3978 Jason Spector Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:55:43 +0000 http://meryl.net/2006/06/28/dodging-tired-cliches-and-phrases/#comment-3978 <p>Not that it's nice that you're struggling, but it's nice to see that writers also struggle with these issues. As a designer, I am always questioning the necessity of using drop shadows, textures, image treatments, color palettes, etc. when they have all been done before.</p> <p>I think there is a need to step back and look at the entire composition. A pixel or color shade difference for me and a word choice for you might not even be noticed by anyone other than you and I. That's our positive and negative nature - the designer's and writer's obsession with our work coupled with our egos.</p> <p>If your message is clear, than the words are secondary (at least to this designer).</p> Not that it’s nice that you’re struggling, but it’s nice to see that writers also struggle with these issues. As a designer, I am always questioning the necessity of using drop shadows, textures, image treatments, color palettes, etc. when they have all been done before.

I think there is a need to step back and look at the entire composition. A pixel or color shade difference for me and a word choice for you might not even be noticed by anyone other than you and I. That’s our positive and negative nature – the designer’s and writer’s obsession with our work coupled with our egos.

If your message is clear, than the words are secondary (at least to this designer).

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