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Elmore Leonard
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born
in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States
October 11, 1925
gender
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Get Shorty (Chili Palmer, #1)
— published 1990 — 35 editions |
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Tishomingo Blues
— published 2002 — 33 editions |
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Out of Sight
— published 1996 — 32 editions |
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Rum Punch
— published 1992 — 32 editions |
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Be Cool (Chili Palmer, #2)
— published 1999 — 37 editions |
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Maximum Bob
— published 1991 — 25 editions |
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Pronto (Raylan Givens, #1)
— published 1993 — 33 editions |
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52 Pick Up
— published 1974 — 23 editions |
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Killshot
— published 1989 — 31 editions |
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Freaky Deaky
— published 1988 — 28 editions |
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Interviews
May 2009,
Elmore Leonard
"I don't have a computer. I order about 50 unlined yellow pads at a time from a print shop. I like them, because you don't have to be orderly about the writing without the lines. Some of my longhand is barely decipherable, because I'm just writing fast as I think about it, as the characters talk back and forth. " ...More
"I don't have a computer. I order about 50 unlined yellow pads at a time from a print shop. I like them, because you don't have to be orderly about the writing without the lines. Some of my longhand is barely decipherable, because I'm just writing fast as I think about it, as the characters talk back and forth. " ...More
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“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing
1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
― Elmore Leonard
1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
― Elmore Leonard
“Psychopaths... people who know the differences between right and wrong, but don't give a shit. That's what most of my characters are like.”
― Elmore Leonard
― Elmore Leonard
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| M/T Reading Friends: august 2010 - sandi | 11 | 39 | Sep 08, 2010 06:16am |
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