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There is one problem with...Elmore Leonard: 10 ways to "remain invisible" in your writing By: Merlin Mann (16 replies) February 14, 2006 - 5:46am |
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There is one problem with...
There is one problem with lists like these:
Hypochondria.
Reading this list will point out all sorts of things you shouldn’t do, putting them into your frame of reference for when you are writing, causing you to deploy them because you’re more likely to remember that you saw something than that you saw something you aren’t supposed to do.
I sat down and read a very long list of cliches to avoid in Sci-fi writing. Or science fiction, if you think sci-fi is derogatory. I then sat down to write a story, which encompassed quite a few of those cliches…. :)