Rules For Creative Writing? Wait, What!

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Rules For Creative Writing? Wait, What!

Henery X, 2020 ©

Rules are nothing more than other peoples’ opinions, so with this being the case, what makes their opinions more significant than ours? True enough, some opinions turn out to be helpful advice, but the receiver, not the giver, should determine this conclusion.

I’m a loyal follower of logic and reason, which is a fact that has never led me astray. If the reasoning doesn’t make logical sense, I analyze the situation, and if my conclusion still disrespects logic, I simply disregard the situation.

One of the countless popular opinions I disagree with strongly is that of the niche audience, which isn’t even worthy of being regarded as a theory, let alone a fact. A niche audience establishes limitations, not just in the make up of our audience, but just as important, in our writing as well. As writers, we should desire to have the planet’s population as our audience, which is something deans and scholars would consider delusional thinking when in all actuality, their thinking about this matter is delusional. Why would I want to limit who experiences my brand of creativity? Answer. I wouldn't.

There’s always a specific formula for achieving anything; the keyword being “specific.” Specific means the “most favorable” means to arrive at the desired destination. The reason “why” we write, should always dictate “what” it is we write, seeing it’ll be our writing that will eventually determine our audience. If we write for a specific reason, more often than not, well achieve our desired result, which is simple logic and reason, or, cause and effect.

The reason why I write is because I desire to help others recognize, embrace, and take full advantage of their greatness. So, because of my “why,” encouragement, enlightenment, and entertainment make up the “what.” The aforementioned three E’s are what I believe, without a shadow of a doubt, make up the foundation of great literature. There isn’t a person alive who doesn’t seek out at least one of the three E’s daily; actually, more people seek out all three than some would care to believe.

When we know, as well as understand, our formula we can not only make bold claims such as we’ll have the planet’s population as our audience, but just as important, we’ll be able to prove it as well.

I’m committed to proving specific accessible rules incorrect by using logic and reasoning, which are the same things that deemed them being worthy of sharing with the public. But all logic and reasoning are not concluded equally; what works well for some, doesn’t work at all for others.

My suggestion is to always do what you love, and love what you do. When what we do is done from the heart, it’ll be kind of hard for it not to be heartfelt.

Happy reading/writing.