How to write novels: Five Rules of Writing

I’m closing in on the end of my new fiction book and as always during this stage, I’ve begun to think about the editing process in earnest. When I first started out I would edit each piece of work as I went along. This was both time consuming and frustrating. My creativity is to promote the advance of editing, at the same time I would like to repair before each paragraph, just right. By the time that happened, my muse had gone to sleep, convinced that I’ve never get to the next paragraph. And trust me, waking her up again was always a bitch.

Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing

1. Never open a book with weather. I have not done so, which means that this is by far the better.

2. Avoid prologues. Okay, so I knew my success rate couldn’t last. I just never thought I would be voted off the island this rapidly. My fiction novel download opens with a prologue. Leonard goes on to say that “they can be annoying.”Of course I can understand that he is almost out from the wedge for this reason only cult. Finally, I decided to leave it is I would like to include some background information to satisfy the reader before the story of the main features. I did not manage to resist the temptation to write a sequel, angel scream.

3. Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue. I agree wholeheartedly with this statement and do my best to avoid the temptation to do otherwise. I think this is one of the most common mistakes new writers fall into the hands of its readers can, of course, the right to pull the text. I recently spent an entire coaching session with a writer client dealing with just this issue. I still fall victim to it myself occasionally, but it will be one of the major mistakes I’ll be scouring the current work in progress for once I get into the editing stage.

4. Do not use adverbs modify the verb “say” . . . Frankly, I suck at this. I am getting better and better, but this has been troubling me for many years, I have to constantly remind ourselves on a regular basis.

5. Never used the “sudden” or “all become a mess.” I think I’m guilty of both, especially the first one. I’ve been more cognizant of “suddenly” in my more recent work, but I know my top thriller novels was plagued with it. “All hell broke loose” is far too cliché for anyone to be using, even us horror types.