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Ten rules for writing fiction — Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, cut, rewrite, then cut and rewrite again – if all else fails, pray. Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing, we asked authors for their personal dos and don'ts | Books | guardian.co.uk - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books...
“Do not place a photograph of your ­favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones who committed suicide.” #как_писать_слова - × × ×
"Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can't sharpen it on the plane, because you can't take knives with you. Therefore: take two pencils." - smallq
"Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away." - smallq
"Work on a computer that is disconnected from the ­internet." - smallq