Ten rules for writing fiction Part 1
Ten rules for writing fiction Part 2
Keine Bestenliste, ich musste schließlich die Reihenfolge der Zahlen einhalten, eher als Vorgeschmack zu werten:
1 Write. (Neil Gaiman)
2 Cut (perhaps that should be CUT): only by having no Âinessential words can every essential word be made to count. (Diana Athill)
3 Until you get to Page 50. Then calm down, and start worrying about the quality. Do feel anxiety – it’s the job. (Roddy Doyle)
4 Stop feeling sorry for yourself. (Colm TóibÃn)
5 Keep a diary. The biggest regret of my writing life is that I have never kept a journal or a diary. (Geoff Dyer)
6 Trust your reader. Not everything needs to be explained. If you really know something, and breathe life into it, they’ll know it too. (Esther Freud)
7 Don’t write letters to the editor. (No one cares.) (Richard Ford)
9 Have fun. (Anne Enright)
10 Ignore all proferred rules and create your own, suitable for what you want to say. (Michael Moorcock)
