: Re: Is it cliché to have two best friends fall in love? I am writing a detective novel and wanted to include two best friends who are working together. Eventually they fall in love but one

@Nimeshi163

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Of course it's a cliché, everything is!

But that doesn't mean clichés are always boring and to be avoided at all costs. What makes a cliché boring is when an author copy-pastes it without bothering to make it their own. That's the key. There's a reason clichés are, well, cliché. It's because they work. If they didn't, no one would bother using them. It's just that they've been used so often that people get tired of seeing the exact same story everywhere they look. All you have to do is try to make it an original cliché. So if the romance between your characters is an important part of the story, then you shouldn't try to avoid it. You should try to make it original enough not to be boring.

So basically, don't follow the mold too closely. Put your own spin on the cliché and make the characters well rounded and interesting, and people will hopefully enjoy it. Obviously, though, you can't please everyone. Some people will dislike the 'friends become lovers' cliché/trope no matter how well or differently it's done, while some will like it no matter how derivative!

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