You go for following the rules, Chibs, but I can't. I can do a short story from whole cloth, but something that tallies up to novel length, I can't. A friend actually turned me onto this because he thought it'd be right up my alley; and he was right. What he didn't say, but kind of implied, is that if I've got a challenge, I might finally focus on getting my book written. And he's right; I have all these good intentions of writing my book, but they always get shoved aside because of the classic "I don't have time to write" excuse. I'll get bits and pieces done, but it doesn't go any further. But my friends and family know me; if someone plops a challenge down in front of me, and I decide to pick it up, I'm gonna grab it in my teeth and run with it. I usually follow the rules, and from here on out I am, because I've got nothing else except for what's been played out in my head; but sometimes, I've been known to bend the rules a bit so I can get done what needs to get done.