Meme Post: 10 Rules for Writing

I am completely behind the curve on this.  Viable Paradise XVers have been posting 10 Rules for Writing since we returned from Martha's Vineyard.  Since my brain is mush due to my current task at hand (all will be revealed later), I've thought of exactly six rules for myself, but maybe by the time I get to the end of this post, they'll morph into ten rules. I'm sure there are many more than ten, but I'll be lucky to remember even six this morning.

Please bear in mind, these are rules...