Chapter 11THE CLASSIC RULES OF COMPOSITION
I felt I needed to include at least one short chapter on the classic rules of composition, even though there have already been hundreds of books written on these, which have been around since the late 1700s (for example, the rule of thirds was first mentioned in print back in 1797—a full 12 years before I was born). Not only have hundreds of books been written about these classic rules, pretty much all of those books (well, at least all the ones I’ve seen) are only about those rules. So, why am I including them in this book? Because, well… darn it… they’re actually really helpful. They are not ...
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