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Adele Symonds
Goodreads Author
Born
December 31, 1973
Member Since
March 2012
URL
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Taboo 0: Cliché of Memories (The Generalist, #1)
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2012
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Reflections of the End
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2013
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A Star is Born: Six Months in the Life of a Poet
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2013
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Killer 13: C O M P I L E D 00
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The Generalist - Taboo 2: Double Down
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.”
― Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
― Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
“Psychopaths... people who know the differences between right and wrong, but don't give a shit. That's what most of my characters are like.”
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“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing
1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
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1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
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“Shhh. Just listen. You, of all people. Listen to what Im saying. This...tonight...is the most wonderful thing you could have done for me. What you have told me, what you have done in bringing me here...knowing that, somehow, from that complete arse, I was at the start of this, you managed to salvage something to love is astonishing to me. But...I need it to end here. No more chair. No more pneumonia. No more burning limbs. No more pain and tiredness and waking up every morning already wishing it was over. When we get back, I am still going to go to Switzerland. And if you do love me, Clark, as you say you do, the thing that would make me happier than anything is if you would come with me. So I'm asking you - if you feel the things you say you feel - then do it. Be with me. Give me the end I'm hoping for.”
― Me Before You
― Me Before You
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Christine wrote: "Thanks for being my friend"Your welcome Christine, looking forward to getting to know you better, and discussing BOOKS
Adele, thank you for accepting my friend invite. =]
Hi Adele, thank you for the friend request! (=
Cheryl wrote: "Thanks for the friend request, Adele."Your welcome Cheryl.
Adele, thank you for the friendship. Stay naughty,
Savannah
Thanks so much for the friendship add. :)