Are they right?

Not always, but you have to master the rules before you can break them.

If you want to write a feel good dumb dumb mediocre comedy for children then these are excellent rules, but take it from me that Dostoevski didn't follow them.

>>9465837
You are not Dostoevsky though.

>>9465724
For general storytelling, yes. For actual literature, no. And there's nothing wrong with that, because the list was made with the former in mind and not the latter.

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>>9465951

Not that anon but why aim for mediocrity?

Twlight. Just saying..

Tbh it seems to be an almost universal rule that someone is a shit writer when they tell you a formula for how you should write instead of telling you why you shouldn't write a certain way.

if anyone is actually interested in Pixar/ Disney's writing, they actually use a handful of Jungian guidebooks. Even if you want to be Dosto, it is nice to understand the strictest story structures of the most popular films so you can write against it.

>>9466040
because money can be exchanged for goods and services and the quality of said goods/services is highly dependent on how much you are able/willing to spend.