The seed of this post began as a reflection on my own writing choices, the constant desire to create something new and original on the page, pitted against the awareness that any break with writing conventions and norms carries with it a certain level of risk. I still stand by that decision, though I know some readers say it didn’t work for them.) Though I never talk about it directly in the post, reading this now, I can see I was thinking about the use of second-person narration in that book, (which is evident in the quote graphic, above.) That was, indeed, a big risk. ( Please note: I first wrote this post after my debut novel, Ivory and Bone, was written, but before it was published. Then, as readers, we all decide whether we feel it “worked” or not. 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.
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