I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages take on the character's sound. I don't want the reader to be aware of me, writing.
It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does. - Elmore Leonard
It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.
- Elmore Leonard
Using adverbs is a mortal sin. - Elmore Leonard
Using adverbs is a mortal sin.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition… - Elmore Leonard
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition…
The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. - Elmore Leonard
The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.
At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of di… - Elmore Leonard
At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of di…
There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And there ar… - Elmore Leonard
There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And there ar…
What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice. - Elmore Leonard
What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write. - Elmore Leonard
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.
I don't get in a position to be frightened. I don't do anything dangerous, and I always pay my bills. - Elmore Leonard
I don't get in a position to be frightened. I don't do anything dangerous, and I always pay my bills.
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