“Avoid cliches” is good advice—except when it’s not. Here’s how to know if you’ve found that rare case when it makes sense to use a cliche.
How to Get Away with Using Cliches
“Be Not Too Tame, Neither”: Hamlet’s Advice for Breweries, Part 2
Shakespeare has become synonymous with grand, flowery language (which isn’t entirely fair), but he still used his character Hamlet to advise other creative types, as I suggested previously, not to overdo it. This is still good advice for writers, even