UNA FOTO / UN DIA: ‎Elmore Leonard - DIEZ REGLAS

photo caption: (see below)

TODAY'S SUBJECT COURTESY OF:
Michael P. Farrell via Facebook
10-11-10, Albany, NY

‎"Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing"

  1. Never open with the weather.

  2. Avoid prologues.

  3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.

  4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said"

  5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.

  6. ‎Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."

  7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.

  8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.

  9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.

  10. Try to leave out the part... that readers tend to skip.


My most important rule sums up all ten. If it sounds like
writing, rewrite." Elmore Leonard (born October 11, 1925)

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(prologue) photo caption: Street corner, Cupay, PR

"IT WERE RAINING, AND THEN SUDDENLY - ALL HELL BRAKE LOOSE!!!" HE EXCLAIMED LOUDLY. "WHACHA TAWKIN 'BOUT?" SHE ASKED, WHILE WEARING A GREEN DRESS TWO SIZES TOO BIG FOR HER LITTLE BODY. THE BAR, ON THE CORNER OF TWO MAIN STREETS, HAD BEEN THERE FOR FIFTY YEARS, BUT IT STILL HAD THE PATINA OF THE DAY IT OPENED FOR BUSINESS! [SKIP THIS] (version 3.5)

J. Galligan
75Grand/Sur
Santa Olaya, PR