Ok, so I was reading this story on Wattpad on Monday night, called "Why I would love to slap some of the writers on Wattpad", written by Wattpadder loveforever27. The chapter 'Sighs Dramatically' is all about cliché stories that people seem to love reading.
Was Twilight a cliché? Yep. It was all about the new girl at school managing to grab the attention of the schools most eligible bachelor, and eventually winding up married to him as part of their Happily-Ever-After.
But seriously, when does it happen in real life? Not that I've seen! (If it's happened to you, comment below).
Anyway, further down in the post, the writer mentions one of the most cliché storylines ever - Good girl meets Bad boy and hates him, and then they lowly fall in love.
Right, so this storyline got me thinking about The Second Venefica (which is still being written - follow me on Wattpad to read a new chapter every week).
In my story, (I hope I'm not giving too much away here!), the heroine, Lily, cannot fall in love with the villian, Thaddeus. The reason? She already fell in love with him! There's a whole backstory about Queen Liluri and Thaddeus' love, and if you've read my other posts about this story, you would know that Queen Liluri was Lily's past life.
So really, in thinking about it, my book is similar, but doesn't follow that storyline. Genius! I was so worried about it being cliché.
Ok, so TSV sort of follows another Wattpad cliché storyline - the one with the heroine having non-existent parents.
To be honest, TSV doesn't have that, at least, not entirely. At one point or another, Lily is always in the care of one parent, i.e. she's always living with either her mum or dad (except in the beginning when she lives with her boyfriend, but keeps in close contact with her mum).
When the book is set in the Western Island of Paradise, Lily lives with her mum. When it's set in the Central Island, she lives with her dad. If she ever goes to the Northern Island though, she'll be in the care of her great-great-great grandmother who is an ex-witch, and a vampire. If Lily goes to the Eastern or Southern Islands, I'm not sure who she'll be in the care of, but I'll figure that out later.
My point is, through most of the book, Lily is under the care of at least one family member. So really, The Second Venefica hints at being cliché, but is not entirely cliché.
Thank god for that, huh?
To read the funny ass ranting of loveforever27, visit http://www.wattpad.com/1671338-why-i-would-like-to-slap-some-of-the-writers-on
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