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Every art form --not just writing --has a body of theory that has developed around it in order to identify patterns. However, no art form can be wholly reduced to a set of rules, or otherwise machines could successfully create creative art.

If you write in a state of nature, unaware of the theories, you may create some things that are entirely original and new, but you might just as likely create things that are tired and cliched because you aren't aware of how many others have done the same thing before you. You may also reach a point where you can't achieve your goals because you haven't developed your technique.

Ideally, your relationship with theory is that you have mastered it to the point where you can create new and original work at the cutting edge of your discipline. However, to get to that point, you may spend a long time traveling in the footsteps of those who came before.

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