I was listening to the Better Call Saul Insider Podcast today, and the showrunners said “lack of limits is the enemy of art”.
If that’s good enough for Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, that’s good enough for me.
The worlds we create in our novels must have rules because it’s the limits that inspire us to innovate. They force us to find new ways to approach old ideas. They create tension and conflict between characters. When “anything goes” stories fail.