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Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules for Writing Fiction, the Guardian asked 27 other writers for their own contributions. The result is overlong, contradictory, but intermittently fascinating. I'll reproduce some of the advice here, but only the bits I agree with. Using adverbs is a mortal sinNever use an adverb to modify the verb "said" . . . he admonished gravely.Avoid prologues: they can