The Unspoken Reader Contract

Ava here! I recently had a lengthy conversation with a new writer who was working to complete her first novel. She mentioned some points in her story that are notoriously “against the rules.” I didn’t lecture against her decision for two reasons: 1) I wanted to be supportive, and 2) snark and sarcasm roll off my tongue way more readily than true wisdom.
But it got me to thinking about why these were “against the rules.” So I’m using this blog as the platform for the answer I should have given...