Someone At Amazon Coined A Word ~ Did They Break A Writing Rule ?

Omnivoracious isn’t in my Oxford or Wordnik dictionaries.

It’s a portmanteau word—”…blending the sound of two different words…coined by Lewis Carroll for the sort of words he invented…”.

I’ll float a meaning: ragingly hungry for everything…

And, it’s the title of Amazon’s reading blog.

Then there’s Susan J. Morris: “a freelance fantasy author, editor, and weekly writing advice columnist for Amazon’s Omnivoracious blog.” Her writing advice column is called Writers Don’t Cry. Her personal blog is called Serious Pixie.

One of her recent posts, Long Live Adverbs: An Ode to Rebellious Writers, was a delightful read so I’ll bring on the excerpts:

“When I went searching the internet for the world’s most important writing rules, I came up with a can full of assault worms primed for combat.”

“What writer could hope to write a book that adhered to every last literary law?”

“Fortunately, writers are not known for coloring between the lines.”

Then Susan sprinkles her pixie dust on describing Passive Voice, Sentence Fragments, and Adverbs.

The beginning of her summation: “Knowing when—and how—to break rules is an important, empowering, and playful step for all writers.”

Are you, like me, a Writing Maverick?

Do you know the “rules” well enough to break them intelligently?

Is considering writing rules like pausing at traffic lights or wearing a chastity belt?

Care to share an example of a rule you broke??
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