It is good to obey all the rules when you\u2019re young, so you\u2019ll have the strength to break them when you\u2019re old.
\n–Mark Twain<\/p>\n
Why wait until you’re old?
\nYou kids know a bad rule
\nwhen you confront it.<\/p>\n
Now, don’t break rules
\njust for the sake of breaking them;
\nhave a damned good reason.<\/p>\n
If a rule is bad,
\nit needs to be broken.
\nThat takes strength,
\nand courage,
\nno matter your age.<\/p>\n
Regarding writing rules,
\nyou need to know them
\nbefore you break them.<\/p>\n
Don’t break writing rules
\nbecause you don’t know any better,
\nbreak them to make your writing better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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