Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing

[Justin]

Came across this and thought I would share it with everyone. Leonard is one of my favorite authors, he was truly a great man and he has some good advice:

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.ph...

[Ben]

Yes, they work surprising well, too!

[Elizabeth]

This is so good!!! (notice excessive use of exclamation marks..)

[Kath]

I love, 'If it sounds like writing, re-write it.' Some of those are fairly obvious but it's good to have them altogether.

I knew I was getting old when the bits I skipped on one famous series of books were the sex scenes!

[Justin]

He seemed like a very simple man so I am more then positive that he not only went by his rules but kept them in mind and told them to others he knew.