Create original metaphors!
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 5:11 am
Do you have a nose for identifying when a metaphor is a cliché? Most writers have eyes in the back of their heads for that sort of thing, but to the untrained eye it doesn't always go like clockwork . In the previous two sentences you have 4 examples of metaphors that are clichés.
A metaphor is an expression that means something different than what we actually say. What we say is a picture of what we mean. If the expression is cliché, it has been used so many times that it often mayotte email list loses its effectiveness as a writing tool. Using new, fresh metaphors that you come up with yourself can be a powerful tool in creative marketing.
If we create longer metaphors, they can quickly function as mini-stories. Remember my example in the introduction with the watchdog and the creative child? There you have an example of that.
"The left and right hemispheres of the brain function as the critic/analyst and the emotional/creative center. In cases where the critical hemisphere is dominant, it often hinders the creative hemisphere."
A metaphor is an expression that means something different than what we actually say. What we say is a picture of what we mean. If the expression is cliché, it has been used so many times that it often mayotte email list loses its effectiveness as a writing tool. Using new, fresh metaphors that you come up with yourself can be a powerful tool in creative marketing.
If we create longer metaphors, they can quickly function as mini-stories. Remember my example in the introduction with the watchdog and the creative child? There you have an example of that.
"The left and right hemispheres of the brain function as the critic/analyst and the emotional/creative center. In cases where the critical hemisphere is dominant, it often hinders the creative hemisphere."