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"These are the rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story."āElmore Leonard
For aspiring writers and lovers of the written word, this concise guide breaks down the writing process with simplicity and clarity. From adjectives and exclamation points to dialect and hoopetedoodle, Elmore Leonard explains what to avoid, what to aspire to, and what to do when it sounds like "writing" (rewrite).
Beautifully designed, filled with free-flowing, elegant illustrations and specially priced, Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing is the perfect writer'sāand reader'sāgift.
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NEVER OPEN A BOOK WITH WEATHER
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If itās only to create atmosphere, and not a characterās reaction to the weather, you donāt want to go on too long. The reader is apt to leaf ahead looking for people. There are exceptions. If you happen to be Barry Lopez, who has more ways than an Eskimo to describe ice and snow in his book Arctic Dreams, you can do all the weather reporting you want.
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AVOID PROLOGUES
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They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.
But these are ordinarily found in nonfiction. A prologue in a novel is backstory, and you can drop it in anywhere you want.
There is a prologue in John Steinbeckās Sweet Thursday, but itās okay because a character in the book makes the point of what my rules are all about. He says:
āI like a lot of talk in a book and I donāt like to have nobody tell me what the guy thatās talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talksā¦figure out what the guyās thinking from what he says. I like some description but not too much of that.ā
The Steinbeck character goes on to say, āSometimes I want a book to break loose with a bunch of hooptedoodleā¦. Spin up some pretty words maybe or sing a little song with language. Thatās nice. But I wish it was set aside so I donāt have to read it. I donāt want hooptedoodle to get mixed up with the story.ā