I'd rather bend the rules or make them up as I go along. That's probably why I like the solitary nature of writing and the purely creative nature of fiction, particularly SF/Fantasy, and even more so with Young Adult lit. The rules are very loose and consist of whatever you make up at the outset.
Enter publishers, writer's agents, and all their restrictive rules. You approach a potential publisher and it seems like they roll UP the red carpet and start pushing the button to call for security. The ball is totally in their court, after all, and they have hundreds of writers who are clearly better than me just waiting in line to fall at their feet. Or, so you would think by going over their submission guidelines.
Anyhoo. It's annoying. That is all.
Enter publishers, writer's agents, and all their restrictive rules. You approach a potential publisher and it seems like they roll UP the red carpet and start pushing the button to call for security. The ball is totally in their court, after all, and they have hundreds of writers who are clearly better than me just waiting in line to fall at their feet. Or, so you would think by going over their submission guidelines.
Anyhoo. It's annoying. That is all.