Stop writing "I watched in awe as [insert fantasy or science fiction event here]"

Initially I thought this was an issue unique to YA, but it's pervaded every genre. This line (and variations thereof) causes me to roll my eyes so often that I've kept a tally of how many times I've seen it. <br><br>Stop this. Seriously. If you're writing a personal journal or diary or something, it's acceptable, I guess. But if you're writing from an impartial third person perspective, just don't. Don't do it. It's lazy. It's terrible writing. If your reader can't infer that the people in the scene are watching an event in awe, then you need to go back and edit so that they can infer that correctly.