Break the rules of writing

I remember once, when I just turned five, I was brought up under piles and piles of rules, that time I was the only child and my parents made it a law that I shouldn't do things I wasn't asked to. Being brought up by these rules impacted me on how I behave. After my siblings were born, I was free from most of the rules that bound me from my pen and I was free to do most things I wasn't allowed to when I was five. I wasn't monitored as much as I used to be and I was given a bit of freedom than what I was brought up by.

Do you know what happened when I got that freedom? Nothing. I was so afraid to try anything I wasn't supposed to by being limited to the rules I used to follow that I never experience utter freedom. The rules I followed still seemed to be attached to me. These rules still kept me bound to things I already knew. And these rules are exactly what prevented me from finding out what I was worth.

Self discovery is the first step to experiencing life. You cant love yourself unless you know yourself.

Don't let the rules of writing limit you. The best books ever written, broke all the rules of writing, and that's what made them stand out from the crowd. No one remembers the people who follows rules, they remember the dare-devils who broke ALL of them. Sometimes you have to break a few rules to find out where you can stand, sometimes you need a little push to fly, sometimes you need to leave that support to build your own. Rules are there for you to grow up, once you've grown you make your own rules, your own paths and your own successes.

The same goes with writing, the best books stand out, not fit in, make stories that soar, not just fly.