{"id":12199,"date":"2022-11-15T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=12199"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:51:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:51:20","slug":"have-fun-with-cliches-prompt-690","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/have-fun-with-cliches-prompt-690\/","title":{"rendered":"Have fun with clich\u00e9s . . . Prompt #690"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Let\u2019s play with clich\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It goes like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll write some clich\u00e9s with missing words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You get to fill in the missing words. It\u2019s sort of like Mad Libs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than one way to skin a cat becomes: More than one way to [verb] a [noun].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ready? There are no wrong answers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It\u2019s [verb ending in \u201cing\u201d] [noun] and [noun]<\/li>
  2. You can\u2019t [verb] a [noun] by its [noun]<\/li>
  3. The [noun] [verb] always [adjective or noun] on the other [noun]<\/li>
  4. [Verb] your [noun] right<\/li>
  5. It\u2019s an uphill [noun]<\/li>
  6. [Verb] between the [plural noun]<\/li>
  7. A [noun] is only as [verb] as its weakest [noun]<\/li>
  8. A [noun] and his [noun] are soon [verb, past tense]<\/li>
  9. A [noun] of a different [noun]<\/li>
  10. \u00a0A [noun] of a [number] [verb] begins with the first [verb]<\/li>
  11. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Whatever responses you came up are fine. Can you use any of your re-imagined cliches in your writing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Clich\u00e9s used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. It\u2019s raining cats and dogs<\/li>
    2. You can\u2019t judge a book by its cover<\/li>
    3. The grass is always greener on the other side<\/li>
    4. Play your cards right<\/li>
    5. It\u2019s an uphill battle<\/li>
    6. Read between the lines<\/li>
    7. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link<\/li>
    8. A fool and his money are soon parted<\/li>
    9. a horse of a different color<\/li>
    10. A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step<\/li>
    11. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Definition of clich\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      A clich\u00e9<\/a> is a tired, stale phrase or idiom that, because of overuse, has lost its impact. What was once a fresh way of looking at something has become a weak prop for writing that feels unimaginative and dull. Clich\u00e9s are what you write when you don\u2019t have the energy or inspiration to think of a new way to express an idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      More clich\u00e9s.<\/a> (scroll down)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Prompt inspired from the Sept\/Oct 2022 issue of Poets & Writers magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Let\u2019s play with clich\u00e9s. It goes like this: I\u2019ll write some clich\u00e9s with missing words. You get to fill in the missing words. It\u2019s sort of like Mad Libs. For example: More than one way to skin a cat becomes: More than one way to [verb] a [noun]. Ready? There are no wrong answers! It\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[1862,1190],"class_list":["post-12199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prompts","tag-cliches","tag-writing-freely-just-write-writing-prompts-the-write-spot-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43Dj8-3aL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12199"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12207,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199\/revisions\/12207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}