Kate Dunn
WriterFile
Monday, 22 October 2012
Fiction Writing - The Unwritten Rules
Somerset Maugham sums it up pretty neatly,
There are three rules for writing. Unfortunately, no one can agree what they are.
I think my three guiding principles would be something like this:
Don't write for effect – always serve the story.
Edit with obsessive stringency.
Read other writers.
What are your unwritten writing rules?
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