If I asked you guys to give me a list of cliches you see in writing and/or films, you could probably give me at least five, and I'm pretty sure the ones each of you put down would be similar to others. These cliches aren't necesarily bad, and I'm not telling you to not use them because cliches are cliches for a reason, but they are overused a bit and can (if they haven't already) get annoying. So here is a list of cliches in writing I've noticed and others on the internet have noticed.

It doesn't matter what genre of books or television or movie it is. There are so many stories where a guy has to save a bunch of people or is made leader of some group or whatever. He falls in love with a girl, and because of him and his responsibilities, he has to protect her (because she clearly can't defend herself). Sometimes, she is able to help him win. Oh, and usually these stories have a significant amout of (usually white) male characters.

I'm not exactly fond of this cliche because the writer makes it seem like women need to be protected by men. You know, the whole "damsel in distress" thing. Women should not just be secondary characters. I mean, yeah, if it's a superhero movie and the girl doesn't have any superpowers whatsoever, I can see why the guy may want her to be protected. But still, this is very common it's not always good.

You guys know what I'm talking about. It's usually about a teenager who was normal or thinks that they're just ordinary. Then, they find out that they're "special" in some way, and have to fight the bad guy in order to make the world a better place.

Recently, authors started using girls for this role. Oh, and while she's trying to save the world, she falls in love with a guy, and said guy will help her defeat the "villain" of the story.

This has become a very common plot in literature. Harry Potter,The Hunger Games and Divergent are very popular examples of this, although HP doesn't really focus on Harry's love life as much. I haven't finished reading The 5th Wave, nor have I seen the movie, but I'm pretty sure it's the same thing.

I don't necesarily hate this cliche. I like it because it doesn't follow the normal male-centric stories with damsels in distress (see Point 1) and it's showing that men aren't the only ones capable of saving everyone.

A guy loves a girl who doesn't love him back. He stalks her frequently, annoys her (maybe), and then she finally realizes that he loves her and falls head-over-heels for him.

First of all, this is a cliche hetero story. Second of all, if you think that it's charming when a guy stalks you consistently, you may need some help.

I've seen this happen in boyxboy love fan fics too, but I don't see it as often. I mean, it's creepy when someone stalks you no matter what their gender is.

A guy and a girl hate each other for whatever reason, then they start to fall in love with each other. After that, usually one of them screws something up. When they realize they screwed up, they meet up (usually at an airport or something) fix things. Then, they live happily ever after.

Oh no! I screwed up and this person (usually a girl) will leave me forever if I don't get to the airport on time and tell them how sorry I am and how much I love them!

If I don't get to the airport on time, this person will leave me forever and they won't know taht I'm in love with them.

Either way, usually the person who's about to board the plane will stay (I think?).

The writers seem to forget that the character chasing after the other could just catch a later flight, could call them, email them, text them, Facebook message them, or something else. Hell, they could even write them a letter. If they don't get to the airport on time, it's not the end of the world.

Do I need to say anymore?

Whatever happened to a guy and a girl just being friends? Or if it's a gay love story, the two guys or two girls can just be friends. But how often do you find a book where there is no romance whatsoever and the guy and the girl (since this cliche is usually used for hetero stories) are just friends? And I don't mean friends with benefits.

I don't like how people who've read The Hunger Games focus more on whether or not Katniss is going to be with Peeta or Gale and think of it as some sort of love story. The Hunger Games a love story! Oh, and to make it worse, it's a love triangle, which is very annoying.

This is kind of the same thing as The Chosen One (see Point 2).

A plain girl (because it's usually a girl) gets a makeover because she wants some guy (or people around her in general) to like her. Then, everyone suddenly thinks she's gorgeous and the guy she likes falls in love with her.

I don't like this because it's sending a message to readers (particularly girls since it's usually the girl that gets the makeover) that you have to change in order to get people to like you. It's also sending the message that your apperance is what matters most, and that's not the case. It's kind of sad, really.

This is usually about a guy who's a player. He dates and/or sleeps with many other woman. Then, he meets an innocent girl and he's captivated by her beauty and innocence. This girl is the only one who can tame his heart, and they live happily ever after.

If it's not a hetero story, it's probably a boyxboy story but the player is usually bisexual.

This is very popular in fanfiction. In pretty much every fanfic I've read where the main character was kidnapped, he or she falls in love with his or her kidnapper. They see that they're kidnapper "isn't so bad" and even though they aren't allowed to go home, they love their kidnapper anyway.

Like WHAT?!

Well, that's all for now. I think I'll make a Part 2 for this. I hope you guys enjoyed this. If you think of a cliche that isn't already mentioned here, put it in the comments below and I might just use it in Part 2.

Samantha :)