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@calunderlines5 events in the last 7 days

orwell's six rules for writing

6 items
  • 01Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
  • 02Never use a long word where a short one will do.
  • 03If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
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@umakerns4 events in the last 7 days

pixar's 22 rules of storytelling, the 18 I actually use

18 items
  • 01You admire a character for trying more than for their successes.
  • 02You gotta keep in mind what's interesting to you as an audience, not what's fun to do as a writer.
  • 03Trying for theme is important, but you won't see what the story is actually about til you're at the end of it. Now rewrite.
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@calunderlines3 events in the last 7 days

elmore leonard's 10 rules of writing (2001)

10 items
  • 01Never open a book with the weather.
  • 02Avoid prologues.
  • 03Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
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@calunderlines2 events in the last 7 days

Kurt Vonnegut's eight rules for a short story

8 items
  • 01Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
  • 02Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
  • 03Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
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