The first and last important rule for the creative writer, then, is that though there may be rules (formulas) for ordinary, easily publishable fiction — imitation fiction — there are no rules for real fiction, any more than there are rules for serious visual art or musical composition. John Gardner
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Apr 14th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
you? a homebody?
jb says: Might be fiction, Pearl.