Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing

First, I’m over at The Blood-Red Pencil again today, talking about a writing/editing technique I heard about at the Mystery Writers of America University. Hope you’ll drop by and check it out. Comments welcome.

I was saddened to hear of the passing of Elmore Leonard. He’ll be missed. I blogged about his writing tips back in 2009. I’m sure they’ll be all over the Blogosphere, but I think they’re worth repeating.

1. Never open a book with weather.

If it’s only to create atmosphere, and not a chara...