Aw, thank you Cherie! 🧡 It's strange but true (and maybe even not all that strange) that the less I focus on writing to a set of rules, the more I discover my own voice.
I enjoy breaking rules using art supplies, e.g. "you don't need white in watercolours" and "use watercolours in a very watered down manner" - actually, breaking these rules led to beautiful and fun discoveries. But I feel some technical rules are fundamental, e.g. having enough value contrast.
I’m similar in this respect. I know very little, or maybe a fairer statement to my English teachers throughout the years would be that I remember very little. Someone gifted me Stephen Kings memoir and it was the first I was hearing about using adverbs was lazy and to only use “said.” A part of me liked learning some “rules,” and also gonna do what I’m gonna do.
Robin, whatever rules you are keeping or breaking, it is working! Congrats on signing up for your first writer's workshop. I'm sure you will enjoy it!
Aw, thank you Cherie! 🧡 It's strange but true (and maybe even not all that strange) that the less I focus on writing to a set of rules, the more I discover my own voice.
I enjoy breaking rules using art supplies, e.g. "you don't need white in watercolours" and "use watercolours in a very watered down manner" - actually, breaking these rules led to beautiful and fun discoveries. But I feel some technical rules are fundamental, e.g. having enough value contrast.
"Breaking these rules led to beautiful and fun discoveries." 💯
So excited for you and this writing course 💕💕
I’m similar in this respect. I know very little, or maybe a fairer statement to my English teachers throughout the years would be that I remember very little. Someone gifted me Stephen Kings memoir and it was the first I was hearing about using adverbs was lazy and to only use “said.” A part of me liked learning some “rules,” and also gonna do what I’m gonna do.
Same. Catherynne Valente, one of my all-time favorite authors, is a favorite precisely because she breaks the rules.
I sometimes have trouble maintaining an active voice. I don't know why it's challenging, but it is.
The rule I break most often is probably beginning a sentence with a conjunction. I dangle quite a few participles as well.
George Orwell's rules for writing are among the rules I stay mindful of keeping.
The struggle is real! Personally, I'm a serial overuser of commas. And I love starting sentences with a conjunction. 😁