Silly is cool so it makes a great tool
What if I create a talking toad or a laughing lizard? Kids are just fine with that. Silly is cool with them. Make a quirky character, and they really just don’t care. And if the hero’s only 1 inch tall, most of them don’t care at all.
Silly is cool. That’s the silver rule.
Did you catch my drift when I made that shift? Yeah, I could’ve said golden, but that sounds so olden. And, I think there’s a lot of “rules” for writing that need breaking.
Especially when I see how many different kinds of books and authors are a huge success. That makes me…
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