Breaking The “Rules” of Writing

See that boy in the picture who’s pointing?

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I can’t help but think I used to play with him—the kid who changes the rules in the middle of the game :-)

Sure, there are things in life that must have rigid rules—spaceflight for one—but, I truly don’t think writing is one of them…

In my short novel (which my co-author swears is not a novel), Notes from An Alien, I broke the rule that “Novels should not have prologues”.

I also just broke a rule...