Each
post for the A to Z Challenge is the challenge I set for myself.
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| K is for KNACKERED and KILOWATTS of electricity |
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| As hard as it is to write through the dark hours... it could always be worse ;) |
K is for Knackered. It is also for the Kilowatts of
electricity we writers burn through the dark, but peaceful, hours of the night.
HAL LONGLEAT AND THE TROUBLE WITH TRUTH
Edith, the kitchen maid, rubbed her
hands down her dusty apron. “It might not be a bad thing – to leave here.”
“No?” he asked.
Her lips tightened. She was quiet for a
moment. “The crusader asked Lord Courtney to free you from his service.”
Hal shivered, his head ached.
Could YOU have been gifted with the ability to identify
and eliminate weak and brittle phrases from your work? To the uninitiated,
these interlopers look like quality imagery.
CLICHÉ RAIDERS: REWRITE!
• keep a
straight face
• keep the
wolf from the door
• keep
your chin up
• keep
your nose clean
• keep
your nose to the grindstone
• kiss of
death
• knee-high
to a grasshopper
• knocked
into a cocked hat
• knocked/knocks
the spots off
• knuckle
under
FOR K, I CHOSE KNACKERED. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT OF YOUR K POST?
This is fantastic, Elaine! I'm not doing the A to Z Challenge myself, but I love your lists of cliches. I'm going to do a search for them on my manuscripts and eliminate as many as possible. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Clara
DeleteThank you for your kind thoughts. I love taking part in the A to Z Challenge but it eats into the writing time like an ogre at a banquet ;)
Knackered--great word!
ReplyDeleteMy K word is karyology.
Hi GE
DeleteKnackered! It's the best for expressing the point of total exhaustion ;)
Great subject for the A-Z, Elaine. I enjoy avoiding them, took me awhile though to realize how amateurish it is to use them. I'm doing the meaning of funny/weird/unique words for the A-Z. K is for Kakapo. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteHi Rossandra
DeleteThe Clichés are sneaky - they come oiled and dated ;)