Quotes Donut - Rules such as "Write what you know," and "Show, don't tell," while doubtlessly grounded in good sense, can be ignored with impunity by any novelist nimble enough to get away with it. There is, in fact, only one rule in writing fiction: Whatever works, works.

Rules such as "Write what you know," and "Show, don't tell," while doubtlessly g... - Tom Robbins - Quotes Donut

Written By Tom Robbins

Rules such as "Write what you know," and "Show, don't tell," while doubtlessly grounded in good sense, can be ignored with impunity by any novelist nimble enough to get away with it. There is, in fact, only one rule in writing fiction: Whatever works, works.

8 Reads • November 21, 2020