Let's just say, I'm not encouraged. Direct, simple words get readers involved in the story without drawing attention to the narrator. . . By contrast, circumlocution suggests a self-conscious writer who hides gut feelings behind big words. Next. . . . Metaphors need to be fresh, lively and pertinent.
Editors despise writers who let hackneyed expressions and trite phrases infest their prose.
Avoid clich s and literary fossils. Hey, wait a minute, this is getting close to home. Don't let adverbs litter the landscape. It's enough to send shivers up a corporate lawyer's spine. Well, I think you get the idea.