Should you always follow ‘rules’ of writing?

\nShow come int Fiction-general bear witness \n\n design active voice \n\n enjoin the boloney in yield tense \n\nAs a writer, youve probably heard these and a thousand other rules to the highest degree write. As an editor, Ive for certain advised them a sanitary. So why doesnt someone just a mug a book of the rules of writing and make life gentle for would-be writers? \n\nThats because theyre in reality not rules at all. They ar guidelines, though and arguably life-threatening ones to stick. \n\nThese guidelines really are only applicable forthwith because theyre the current curve in modern literature, and thus primarily in communicatory countries. Charles Dickens and the other greats of eighteenth coke literature sure enough broke just about of the rules...mainly because they followed a different set of rules/guidelines of what represent good literature. \n\nIndeed, as the burnish changes so does the art that reflects and expresses it. For example, Im seein g an increase number of novels from my clients written in present tense, which I judge to the popularity of stories told on television and social movement pictures, which homogeneous theater productions tell stories in present or else than past tense. \n\nIn addition, the story you want to tell really needs to dictate how it is told. Because of this, some rules are broken in extremely well-told novels and shorts. Linear, chronological plotting? liberty chit that idea out if youre writing magic realism, such as Gabriel García Márquezs One 100 Years of Solitude. Show applyt tell? view that advice too strictly, and there goes most of the prologues to such great erudition fiction novels as Isaac Asimovs Foundation and Frank Herberts Dune. \n\nStill, this doesnt mean the guidelines (er, rules) should be ignored. The majority of literary and genre works still follow them, and current 21st century readers generally respond well to works in which the rules (er, guidelines) are followed. If you are going to assume the rules/guidelines, you should do so for good reason and it shouldnt debar from your story.\n\nNeed an editor? Having your book, fear document or pedantic paper proofread or edited before submitting it poop prove invaluable. In an economical climate where you face overweight competition, your writing needs a second eye to establish you the edge. Whether you live in a big city like Washington DC or a small townspeople like Wink, Texas, I rat provide that second eye.