Rules of writing
rogersgeorge on February 8th, 2012
While I’m quoting others’ work, I may as well post another quote. This list of writing rules is from Elmore Leonard, who, though I have never read any of his work, must be an okay guy, because his first name is my middle name.
I found this at http://www.openculture.com/2012/01/writing_rules.html. The article contains several other lists of writing rules; I feel the closest kinship to George Orwell’s rules, and not because his first name is my last name.
As I look at the writings of some of the most popular of our time, I must conclude they read this list in a mirror. Shame we do not popularize this style of writing.
Red.