Clichés you don't like in literature

who is that girl(male)

>>9022567
a nerd girl from /r9k/

>>9022544
It's really the record-scratch-freeze-frame of literature

Second Banana walked over to the door and opened it.

"Hey," said Protagonist.

Second Banana stopped and turned to face Protagonist. "What?"

"Nothing."

- Brett Easton Ellis does this in EVERY FUCKING BOOK.

>>9022544
>op start with ungood grammar

>it wasn't like $x, that kind of thing only happens in bad novels

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When it starts with an illustrative fact like "It takes 12 seconds for <whatever>"
I just associate it with shitty paper mill action authors

>>9023324
>my book starts with "Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?"
I haven't even played farcry 3 but I did like that e3 trailer a lot.

>>9022544
american literature

>>9022544
>My name is Ishmael.

Also, I would love to smell that girls hair while running my fingers through it. I bet it is so soft.

>book starts with 14 words

>>9023675
>book starts with words

>>9023664

>My name is Ishmael.
>My name is Ishmael.
>MY NAME IS

You've fucked up.

>>9023295
based Ellis

>>9022567
Applemilk1988

>>9023295
>missing the point this hard

>>9022544
faggots who hold mugs with two hands

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>>9022544
What if I wanna start my book with "what's your name?"
"My name is x"

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>>9022544
>novel has multiple protagonists
>one protagonist is a hardboiled detective investigating another protagonist

How about Murakami thing? Half of the book. Is literally. Song titles.

>>9023769
the point being?

Full force in pussy mouth and ass.

*record scratch
My name is
What?
My name is
Who?
My name is
Slim Shady

dropped

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literally

>>9022588
>>9024613
I've literally never seen a show or movie that contains this trope. You people are fucking idiots.

>>9024661
the big short
the wolf of wall street
its big in docudramas

>>9024683
got some examples for me, chap?
If not, I'll assume you're the same sort of person who thinks zombies say 'brains'

>>9024661

No you're just too young to remember the 90s

>>9024694
Not quite. It's just one of those ideas that became a meme for being a cliche without ever actually being a cliche. It's the sort of thing stupid people lap up because it makes them feel like they're finally clued in to an obscure cultural reference, though when asked for specific examples there usually aren't any or at least not as many as they would have you believe.

>>9024661
I've noticed that the record scratch trope is mostly only in trailers and not the actual movies themselves.

>>9024718
Any examples?

>>9024689
the big short
the wolf of wall street
LIKE I FUCKING SAID RETARD

>>9024613
>media res is an overused trope

>>9024737
Right, that's two movies with no specific example of when/where/how this alleged cliche is used.

>>9024661
fucking Fight Club

>>9024661
There's no record scratch, but okay.
In media res is one thing, but the whole [record scratch, freeze frame, "you're probably wondering how I got here"] meme has been fabricated from whole cloth.
Feel free to prove me wrong.

>>9024769
Kys retard.

My name is Ishmael

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>>9024712

>>9024443
It's not really a cliche if it's just his thing.

In-depth description of Western music (mainly classical), eating and cooking are some of his staples among others.

>>9024461
he doesn't know. he missed the point.

>>9024611

*chicka chicka*

>>9022586
a nerd girl (male)? or a nerd girl (female)?

>>9022544

My name is going to be across the headlines of every major newspaper across the world. Don't go to the airport tomorrow.

>>9023677
>book starts

havent even gotten that far, my friend

>character has a coherent dream that is extremely relevant to their current situation

I hate this so fucking much.

>>9025968
That's half the fun

>>9026015
What did you think of the dream in crime and punishment

unnecessary Shakespeare references

>>9026015
Hey just because you've never had a coherent dream about stuff that actually happened to you during the day doesnt mean nobody does

>genre novel begins with tedious first person description of waking up in an alien environment and then describes the process of figuring out how the narrator got there.

Any book that doesn't start with
"The Wheel of Time turns..."

>>9023324
not a fan of palahniuk i guess

>anachronistic morals for the mc

die

>>9024799
The Emperor's New Groove

>>9023759
Holyshit whatever happend go her? I use to watch her videos alot

>>9026031
There's like 4 of them

>>9024661

Doesn't Blow start like that?

>>9023295
What do you mean you're not going to have X with your X? Been in X too long.

>>9023738
>>9023664
>I am called ishmael