The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.
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I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation of writing.
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.
The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.
Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.
You have to empower your sales staff to use their judgment and go beyond the standards set down on paper and by the computer.
The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product.