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Taking Risks in your Writing

September 20, 2020 by Julie Eshbaugh in Drafting

When is it okay to break with writing conventions? Should you always follow established norms? Some “rules of writing” are so well established we hardly notice them, until a writer upends our expectations by taking a risk and breaking a rule we’ve taken for granted. Then, as readers, we all decide whether we feel it “worked” or not.

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September 20, 2020 /Julie Eshbaugh
Narrative Style, Writing Risks
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