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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.

Leonard's most important rule sums up the above 10.  "If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”

To read Leonard’s explanation of each statement, click here.

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again: 

1. The Other Side of the Story: Not My Type: Formatting Your Manuscript http://ow.ly/prx4o
2. Relationships Matter: Why Write 9 Edits When One is Enough? How to Finish Your Book Fast!  http://ow.ly/prx8k
3. Reward yourself for writing | Jenna Avery http://ow.ly/prxhF
4. Why Authors Should Believe in Their Websites http://ow.ly/prxmD
5. Being a Writer: Commitment vs. Self-Doubt | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author http://ow.ly/ptIOn
6. The Indie 50 - The 50 Best Sites for Indie and Self-Published Authors | August Wainwright http://ow.ly/prxrt
7. Creative Writing and Plot: How Does Urgency Affect Suspense? | Creative Writing with the Crimson League http://ow.ly/prxtL
8. 10 Reasons Why Email Marketing Should Be Your Absolute Priority — socialmouths http://ow.ly/prxFP
9. Seeking the Write Life: Self-Editing #5 - Mining Your Manuscript for Modifiers http://ow.ly/prxIv
10. 4 Tips to Solve 99% of Your Writing Problems — Guest: Janice Hardy | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author http://ow.ly/psTjH
11. Non-standard English and the New Tribalism http://ow.ly/psXDV
12. Genre-Hopping Benefits and Consequences http://ow.ly/psYpp
13. Finding Balance Between Social Media and Family | Melissa Foster | http://ow.ly/ptpjl
14. Author interview: Mary Buckham Writes Active Settings! - School of the Ages http://ow.ly/ptpV4
15. Ascent of the Metadata http://ow.ly/ptqWb "We are living in a world of metadata & we should probably get used to it."
16. The Other Side of the Story: How to Write Characters Who Don't Sound Like You http://ow.ly/ptrj0
17. How to Avoid the Slush Pile by Stefan Vucak http://ow.ly/ptrn4
18. How 6 of My Books Became Amazon Best-Sellers in One Month: | Firepole Marketing Blog http://ow.ly/ptrXH
19. Four Things Trade Publishers Can Learn From STM Publishers | The Passive Voice |  http://ow.ly/pts2Y
20. Where Is This Thing Going? http://ow.ly/pttkO Take a look at the hottest-selling books in the Kindle store. Can we learn anything?
21. Twitter, Facebook, Google Maps, YouTube And Instagram – We All Love Apps [INFOGRAPHIC] - AllTwitter http://ow.ly/ptDuB
22. Words To Avoid by DarlingMionette on deviantART http://ow.ly/ptMTG

Happy writing & running, Kathy

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