Unlocking the Mind’s Cinema: How Stories Play Like Movies Inside Your Brain
None of the rules that I’ve ever seen are ironclad. Every rule can be broken, if there’s a reason.
But whoever concocted those rules had a reason, and you now know the reason. The “rules of fiction writing” are designed to help you create a movie in your reader’s brain.
Any “rule” that doesn’t help you create a movie in your reader’s brain is probably not a very good rule. (Again, there are probably exceptions.)
Any “rule” that does help you create a movie in your reader’s brain is probably a useful rule. Use it when it applies. Ignore it when it doesn’t.
