Imagine this: a director tells you your filmmaking style is "derivative" or calls your big finale “predictable.” It’s cliché, they say. Stings a bit, doesn't it? In filmmaking, "cliché" is that brutal ...

Excerpted from “It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Cliches.” A breath of fresh air. Few and far between. At the end of the day. Most of us immediately recognize these as clichés, ...

If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room better ...

Clichés drive much of our self-talk and conversations. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “cliché’” as “something that has become overly familiar or commonplace.” Since cliched are familiar, we ...