There is no wrong way, only the ways I have tried and the ways I have yet to try. Little town were I went to school is the Jambalaya capitol (That's so we could have a week long fair every year and show off cooking skills).
There was so many variations in its approximately 48 years that the no longer allow individualisum. You are given what you have to cook. Your only personallization was your cooking procedure.
They had to do it because of all the creative liberties taken. All the micro-geographic ideosyncrocies,
(I know I can't spell, spell check doesn't work and I don't know what the hell secertaries today are supposed to do. Sure screwed up sales!), LOL there is just no end to it.
There is no wrong way.
You should have heard me in college the first time I saw a jambalaya with shrimp and tomatoes in it...LOL But come to find out, it was mighty tastee!