It's the kind of lie that shows up in creative work when a person is hurried or distrusting of their own efforts.
In a story, I may want to write how his eyes were full of light and held smiles in them. "But that's corny," I may tell myself. I'll write, instead, "His eyes twinkled." It's not true. It's something that has been said before. And it's much less scary than attempting a word picture that may fail.
For example, my egg here.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9Q5PjH5kNmWGZZzUdKVAl3E7UiU-K86oy-Idzm3peL0oK4q_PlVVjdgef5h5uEAak_8b66UCdme2VWsb5J0kKbpSwlZ44xQDZWGdDpiX1QroQwBy1yTR3302ccruKkqvldPpmPjIyPn7/s200/2egg+again.jpg)
Find a line in your work which is disingenuine, too easy, not quite true. Rewrite it, telling the truth of what you see.
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