Tag: creative-writing

Rules for Good Writing? How I Relate – Part Two

Last week, I published an article about the first five of Elmore Leonard’s famous Ten Rules for Good Writing and how strictly I adhere to them. You can check out that post here, but as a quick reminder, what I did was rate each… Continue Reading “Rules for Good Writing? How I Relate – Part Two”

Rules for Good Writing? How I Relate – Part One

One of my literary influences is Elmore Leonard. If you’re unfamiliar, Leonard is the author of some of the greatest crime fiction novels (among other things) that you have almost certainly heard of because a lot of them have been made into movies. A… Continue Reading “Rules for Good Writing? How I Relate – Part One”

Talkin’ Tags: How I Write Dialogue

If you’ve spent any time among writers, be it on social media or even in private writing groups, you will have almost certainly heard the “rule” that you should only use said when it comes to dialogue tags. I think this originated in Elmore… Continue Reading “Talkin’ Tags: How I Write Dialogue”