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These items are rather common sense guidelines almost everybody would agree with. As I'm not in crime fiction and since English isn't my mother tongue, I have t
by stewbrew 9y ago
These items are rather common sense guidelines almost everybody would agree with. As I'm not in crime fiction and since English isn't my mother tongue, I have to confess that I don't know EL. I'd suggest to another rule though: don't write a book if you have nothing new to add. Recommend some classic instead.
- Semiapies 9y agoYes, everything except the admonition against describing the weather is extremely common English-language writing advice, as mentioned in countless books and essays over the years. With the bit about weather, he tries to be punchy, but he immediately has to backtrack and explain what he actually meant: get quickly to character action and don't belabor set-dressing.