Cliche Finder

cliche = detected phrase

They're invisible. Readers skim over cliches because they've seen them a thousand times. Your vivid idea becomes wallpaper.

They're imprecise. "At the end of the day" says nothing specific. Replace with the actual point.

They signal lazy thinking. Editors and agents see cliches as a red flag. They signal the writer hasn't thought carefully about each word.

Fix: Be specific. Instead of "needle in a haystack," describe the actual difficulty. Instead of "think outside the box," describe the unconventional approach.