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# 6 Rules of Writing Worth Breaking
- URL: https://www.writerscience.com/show/6-rules-of-writing-worth-breaking/
- Published: 2026-10-04T12:32:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-04T12:32:01.000Z
- Description: Writing advice usually says: this is the right way. Paul Millerd's answer is always the same: do it whatever way you want, and stay happy. Here are 6 writing rules he broke in order to keep his writing free.
- Author: William Fitzpatrick
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Writing advice almost always comes as a list of rules. Follow these rules, the promise goes, and you'll get the author's results.  
  
But Paul Millerd would never presume to tell you how to write. Ask him how he pulled it off, and he'll tell you not to copy him, to do it your own way.  
  
So when Paul visited the Writer Science studio in Busan, in May 2026, we flipped the genre on its head. 

Here are 6 writing rules he broke in order to keep his writing free.

[This Connected State: An Interview with Paul Millerd - Writer Science“In writing, I found something so magical and beautiful—this connected state—that early on I knew the most important thing was protecting that feeling at all costs.”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/aa/f7aa3c65-921e-4428-a626-8a5e9beaab66/content/images/icon/Writer-Science-Icon--1--a32fe7bd-9557-4234-92ca-5f96c919db21.png)Writer ScienceWilliam Fitzpatrick![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/aa/f7aa3c65-921e-4428-a626-8a5e9beaab66/content/images/thumbnail/Paul-2-7c89b6ad-7635-4e8d-871b-94ad86f4fd56.png)](https://www.writerscience.com/this-connected-state-an-interview-with-paul-millerd-writer-science/)