I just read a great article by Elmore Leonard with some great writing tips. Many of them are ones we have heard before, but he has a knack for restating them with a bit of a punch.
He starts his article with, "These are 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. If you have a facility for language and imagery and the sound of your voice pleases you, invisibility is not what you are after, and you can skip the rules. Still, you might look them over."
What a polite way of saying, "Pay attention."
Here is a link to the article for those who are interested.
2 comments:
Thanks for the link, Maryann. I'm going to hop over there.
Helen
Straight From Hel
You're welcome. I'm going to post this to the Blood Red Pencil, too.
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