Last month, I wrote a post with tips about how (not) to write a novel opener. Some readers complained that I was “dictating” how people should write. That wasn’t my intention. I only talked about what agents and editors think has been overdone, and what doesn’t work well in an opening chapter in contemporary fiction. But you can find bestsellers that break all the “writing rules” I wrote about. How can that be?
Because the “writing rules” are only guidelines.
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Writing rules. Tough subject. I’ve written and still write screenplays. [By the way, there’s value in script writing even for the novelist and journalist] Anyway, in screenwriting, there is just one rule: Don’t Be Boring.
I’m a fan of that rule – and to be honest? Only that rule.
Thanks for your post.
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