Bookish pet peeves — aka: things you HATE in stories. When you read these cliches and trends, you just want to throw the book across the room. That’s what today’s video is all about! I’m sharing my biggest bookish pet peeves and why I hate these cliches so much… PLUS some helpful advice for ways you can fix these mistakes in your own writing! So if you want to avoid ticking off your readers and making them never want to read your stuff again… TAKE NOTES.
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✨ T I M E S T A M P S ✨
00:00 let’s talk about pet peeves
01:21 flat characters
02:30 flawless protagonist
03:22 not like other girls
04:09 fake tension
04:57 miscommunication
06:09 infodumping
07:15 rebel without a cause
08:15 punching bag characters
09:06 pretentious prose
09:38 inconsistent personalities
10:56 character voice
12:09 too much description
12:29 toxic relationships
13:39 “said”
14:32 repeat information
15:27 rushed romance
15:39 perfectly structured sentences
16:06 killing characters for no reason
16:55 modern slang in historical fiction
17:35 love interest freakishly older than mc
18:26 convoluted plots
19:21 tell me your bookish pet peeves!
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