Trimble Chapter 7 and Stomp The Yard

Chapter 7 can easily be related to the final battle in Stomp the Yard because this chapter is all about using your own personality and making the reader feel comfortable. You should write by using your own voice and judgement; rather than following the strict rules that we are all taught to use in school that strip us of our individuality as a writer. It's become evident that students are turned into bland writers. They are taught that it is wrong to write in their own way and that they have to follow rules just like everyone else. But, when writers go against these accepted characteristics of writing and express themselves in whatever way comes natural; this is when the writer and the reader have the most fun. 

In Stomp The Yard, the dancers connect best with the audience when they let loose and give it everything they have. They have that one moment to win everyone over and they revert to what comes natural to them. They dance freely and without restrictions. They don't let anyone get in their way, even when the other team plagiarizes their dance. They just come back stronger than ever before with the deepest passion and strength from within. They have nothing else to turn to but their own personality. The dance moves aren't choreographed; they're improvised. The true beauty and art of dancing appears at this moment. 

Writing should be just the same. Writing should not be controlled by someone else's rules because it would be like a dancer performing someone else's routine. It may be neat and seemingly perfect but it doesn't grab the audiences attention. It also wouldn't even interest the writer or dancer involved. They'd just be going through the motions, mindlessly. Both the writer and dancer are artists. Art is defined by the beholder and no one else. If a writer is supposed to listen to the supposed "rules" of perfect writing, they might as well not write at all. It wouldn't be their own work. When they can write in their own way, it is just like the final battle: free and enjoyable.