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:
  1. Don't write for effect – always serve the story.
  2. Edit with obsessive stringency.
  3. Read other writers. 
What are your unwritten writing rules?

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