The Guardian took Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules for Writing and then asked a whole bunch of writers for their ten rules. Wonderful reading, especially where the rules are in complete opposition to each other - 'never read other writers/ always read other writers'. Lots of well known writers, some gems in there.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/fe ... n-part-one
Ten Rules for Writing
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Entertaining and useful. Thanks!
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There's a greatly amusing deal of subtext, verbal irony, and dramatic irony in play in those contradicting advices.
Spread the love of written word.
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Ah...diversity is a wonderful thing.
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I loved reading these writers' rules! Here's one:
Helen Simpson
The nearest I have to a rule is a Post-it on the wall in front of my desk saying "Faire et se taire" (Flaubert), which I translate for myself as "Shut up and get on with it."
Thanks for posting the link.
Helen Simpson
The nearest I have to a rule is a Post-it on the wall in front of my desk saying "Faire et se taire" (Flaubert), which I translate for myself as "Shut up and get on with it."
Thanks for posting the link.
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