The Word Cloud

Newbies and dabblers tend to buy into this line of b.s. - and who could blame them? The idea that a story, any story, should have a beginning, middle and end, has gained ever greater credence since it was first promulgated by some dumb Greek a couple of eons back. It's like saying a story needs a central character or that one sentence should follow after another. Well this is a writer who knows there's only one rule when it comes to writing: follow your gut. If it feels right then it probably is right. Why do certain publishers, agents and self-appointed teachers beg to disagree? If a flea could talk it would probably tell a dog it was indispensible to the dog's well-being. My guess is, most dogs would know that pesky little flea was selling them a line and just get scratching. Dogs can be a lot smarter than humans that way.