"I always try to not remember / Rather than forget."
Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules for Writing
Elmore Leonard started out writing westerns, then turned his talents to crime fiction. One of the most popular and prolific writers of our time, he’s written about two dozen novels, most of them bestsellers, such as Glitz, Get Shorty, Maximum Bob, and Rum Punch. Unlike most genre writers, however, Leonard is taken seriously by the literary crowd.
What’s Leonard’s secret to being both popular and respectable? Perhaps you’ll find some clues in his 10 tricks for good writing:
Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules for Writing
Elmore Leonard started out writing westerns, then turned his talents to crime fiction....