Författare ger skrivtips

Elmore Leonard:
1 Never open a book with weather.
2 Avoid prologues: they can be ­annoying, especially a prologue ­following an introduction that comes after a foreword.
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.
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, unless you're ­Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language,
10 Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.

Massor av skrivtips från kända författare här och här, i The Guardian,
Tipset fick jag från Maria Turtschaninoff.