Worst Mistakes/Cliches in कल्पना Fiction 

Interesting article, but I disagree with some things, especially the 2nd point. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I *hate* it when authors don't describe the characters! I like to know every detail about how they look so I can picture them clearly in my head as I read.

Actually, for the most part, I disagree with almost that entire thing. The only parts I agreed with were the "Don't have your villains be two dimensional" (although I'd like that to be changed to "don't have your characters be two dimensional. A two dimensional hero is just as boring and cliche as a two dimensional villain), "Telling instead of showing," "Mary-Sues," and the "British Culture thing."

The rest just depend on the talent of the writer. I've read stories where they had five different characters point of view, and the story was awesome. I've read stories with flash-backs and dream sequences that were, not only done extremely well, but also became an integral part of the story.

I think that not describing your character, or not telling what your character is saying is lazy writing, and a cop-out. "Oh, I don't really know how to describe them well, or make up words correctly, so I'm just going to leave those out and let the reader do all the work."

And who the hell tells people to learn how to ride a horse by watching movies (and not even educational ones) with horse-back riding scenes?? That's like telling someone to learn how to shoot a gun by watching James Bond movies.

^^ I understand both of your points :). But I have to disagree about the description part. I have read so many stories that had characters flatly describing themselves, often before the reader even gets to know them. Examble: "Liah had a pretty face with long raven black hair and emerald green eyes, a tiny waist, long legs, blah blah blah" First of all, I've noticed that every time I read a description like that, I tend to forget it within minutes. Second, I've also noticed that writers that describe everything tiny detail about their characters tend to not develop them any further, and many end up creating Mary-Sues. So I really agree with what the author of this article is saying, that if you have to give details you should at least do it by showing with motion, not listing them.