My Own Not-So-Private Writing Screed

I’ve been reading the entries over at theAerogramme Writer’s Studio. They have a lot of Rules of Writing by various writers. Many of these are very good. So I figured I should have some.

I came up with two.

Read intelligently.
Write honestly.

I amnot saying the other rules for writing are bad. They are often very, very good. But to me they are refinements. They are methods by which you can made bad writing better or good writing great. They are not (again, to me) rules for writing in and of itsel...