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Too many rules
We may be a lawless society, but we can be very rule-bound – particularly with regard to writing.
People often engage with both fiction and non-fiction on the basis of what “ought to” have been written, and in what way. You may have come across this attitude in reviews, sometimes even with a sense of outrage that, say, a certain class or race of character was portrayed in a certain way.
There is also sometimes a tendency in writing groups for members to criticise a central premise or theme. They believe a piece of writing to be too right wing / too left wing / too white / too black / too feminist / or simply to give “the wrong message”...
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