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When you meet somebody who bores you, you have to put up with him until he leaves. But when you meet a boring character, you turn the page.
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Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.
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After 58 years you'd think writing would get easier. It doesn't. If you're lucky, you become harder to please. That's all right, it's still a pleasure.
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Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
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It's like seeing someone for the first time, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of recognition like you both know something. Next moment the person's gone, and it's too late to do anything about it.
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A line of dialogue is not clear enough if you need to explain how it's said.
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
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Born:
October 11, 1925
Died:
August 20, 2013
(aged 87)
Bio:
Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Known for:
Jackie Brown (1997)
Be Cool (2005)
Out of Sight (1998)
Hombre (1967)
Get Shorty (1995)
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