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I underline books and then type up the wreckage

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orwell's six rules for writing

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  • 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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Kurt Vonnegut's eight rules for a short story

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  • 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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marcus aurelius lines with the citation attached

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  • 01When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly.
  • 02There is a limit to the time assigned you, and if you don't use it to free yourself it will be gone and never return.
  • 03You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.
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elmore leonard's 10 rules of writing (2001)

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  • 01Never open a book with the weather.
  • 02Avoid prologues.
  • 03Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
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