tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post4521484765871300406..comments2024-03-27T02:13:13.079-04:00Comments on Original Content: How Many Times Have You Thought About This While Reading?Gail Gauthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-7375609225843201602010-03-11T19:05:53.159-05:002010-03-11T19:05:53.159-05:00Well that's frustrating.Well that's frustrating.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-40356969146133367782010-03-10T16:00:33.838-05:002010-03-10T16:00:33.838-05:00Archetypes can become clichés, but that shift is u...Archetypes can become clichés, but that shift is usually out of an author’s hands, for two reasons.<br /><br />First, it’s rather subjective. Readers have different experiences, tastes, temperaments. One person might enjoy the umpteenth princess in danger story while another might max out at one. Sometimes clichés exist without people noticing them, or wishing to acknowledge them. <br /><br />Second, clichés are the products of a culture—lots of audiences digesting lots of storytellers. An individual work can’t create a cliché. An individual author’s creation will be judged against the backdrop of lots of other people’s work, and he has no control over what lots of other people choose to write.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.com