Comments on: Quotes http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/04/28/quotes/ Romance with Heat, Erotica with Heart Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Diana http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/04/28/quotes/#comment-1908 Diana Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=357#comment-1908 Oh, let's see... all of them? :P Seriously, a friend of mine is giving a workshop on "the myths of publishing" and she says I just broke every one. <br /> <br /> Most recently: rules against backstory dump, rules against flashbacks, rules against tense shifts, talking directly to readers, changing fonts in a manuscript, crazy structure stuff, wildly different chapter lengths, slutty heroines, characters with similar-sounding names, calling character by several different names, using big words...<br /> oh, and submitting an unfinished manuscript.<br /> <br /> And it sold. Because <i>it's the story that matters</i>. I love rule-breaking. Oh, let’s see… all of them? :P Seriously, a friend of mine is giving a workshop on "the myths of publishing" and she says I just broke every one.

Most recently: rules against backstory dump, rules against flashbacks, rules against tense shifts, talking directly to readers, changing fonts in a manuscript, crazy structure stuff, wildly different chapter lengths, slutty heroines, characters with similar-sounding names, calling character by several different names, using big words…
oh, and submitting an unfinished manuscript.

And it sold. Because it’s the story that matters. I love rule-breaking.

]]> By: Dianna http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/04/28/quotes/#comment-1909 Dianna Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=357#comment-1909 :)Hey Diana, wow is that what that book is about, can't wait for it go get to print. Congrats!<br /> :confused: oh you have to break rules to have FUN :hehe: no wonder I never have any. :cry: :)Hey Diana, wow is that what that book is about, can’t wait for it go get to print. Congrats!
oh you have to break rules to have FUN :hehe: no wonder I never have any.

]]> By: Sasha http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/04/28/quotes/#comment-1910 Sasha Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=357#comment-1910 Diana~ Whoo hoo, so maybe I can land an agent and NICE deal like you? :D<br /> <br /> Dianna~ Come on...I know you have fun! ;) Diana~ Whoo hoo, so maybe I can land an agent and NICE deal like you? :D

Dianna~ Come on…I know you have fun! ;)

]]> By: Sharon http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/04/28/quotes/#comment-1911 Sharon Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=357#comment-1911 Yeah, pretty much all of them. It's very liberating to flip the bird to all the morons who are strict adherers to the "rules" and who have cats when they see GASP someone drifting from the norm.<br /> <br /> Good luck with your rule breaking! :hehe: Yeah, pretty much all of them. It’s very liberating to flip the bird to all the morons who are strict adherers to the "rules" and who have cats when they see GASP someone drifting from the norm.

Good luck with your rule breaking! :hehe:

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