ETB Screenwriting: An Emotional Toolbox Website � Rom Com Cliches to Avoid

April 6, 2012 – 11:56 AM | 2 Comments

This concise checklist of questions and examples helps writers, producers, editors, publishers, and development executives quickly zero in on key story problems. It reveals what’s missing in any problematic plot. Find what’s wrong and fix …

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Rom Com Cliches to Avoid

Submitted by Laurie Hutzler on March 2, 2011 – 2:05 PMNo Comment

Here is an interesting survey of Rom Com cliches and in what movies they appear. The Daily Beast says: Cute dog? Clothes montage? Quirky BFF? Last minute sprint? Working girl in need of balance? Please — we’ve watched these twenty-four overly familiar romantic-comedy staples a million times, and, well, we think it’s time we started seeing other plot devices.