
The one where CC and I chat about Elmore Leonard’s “10 Rules for Good Writing:”
- Never open a book with weather.
- Avoid prologues.
- Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue.
- Never use an adverb to modify the verb “said”…he admonished gravely.
- Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
- Never use the words “suddenly” or “all hell broke loose.”
- Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
- Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
- Don’t go into great detail describing places and things.
- 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.
(https://www.writingclasses.com/toolbox/tips-masters/elmore-leonard-10-rules-for-good-writing)
Also:
-Food ingredients
-Continuous Glucose Monitor
-“The Old Man and the Sea”
-George R.R. Martin and Stephen King
-Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Here you go! Let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!
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