Robert's rules of writing: 101 unconventional lessons every writer needs to know
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Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Publication Date
[2005]
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book - 1st ed.
Rule 1 Burn Your Journal --
Rule 2 Get a Pen Pal --
Rule 3 Throw Out Your Thesaurus --
Rule 4 Zip the Lip --
Rule 5 Call Out the Thought Police --
Rule 6 Don't Overinflate the Balloon --
Rule 7 Skip the Starbucks --
Rule 8 Take the Prozac --
Rule 9 Lose the Muse --
Rule 10 Get Rolling --
Rule 11 Let the Well Refill --
Rule 12 Tell, Don't Show --
Rule 13 Play God --
Rule 14 Stop Reading --
Rule 15 Wave Good-bye --
Rule 16 Write What You Read --
Rule 17 Make 'Em Worry --
Rule 18 Memo Yourself --
Rule 19 Get Right, or Get Close --
Rule 20 Know the Territory --
Rule 21 Set Yourself Down --
Rule 22 Pick Your Poison --
Rule 23 Bring Out da Noise --
Rule 24 Map That Route --
Rule 25 Wing It --
Rule 26 Don't Look Back --
Rule 27 Let It Marinate --
Rule 28 Overcome Your Separation Anxiety --
Rule 29 Call "Action!" --
Rule 30 Pile It On --
Rule 31 Reduce Clutter --
Rule 32 Say It Again, Sam --
Rule 33 Show What You Know --
Rule 34 Get Dramatic --
Rule 35 Flaw Your Hero --
Rule 36 Perfect Your Villain --
Rule 37 Skip the Truth --
Rule 38 Strip Down to Your Briefs --
Rule 39 Go Subliminal --
Rule 40 Cook Up a Story --
Rule 41 Let Them Lead the Way --
Rule 42 Make an Entrance --
Rule 43 Do Double Duty --
Rule 44 Be a Tease --
Rule 45 Keep the Faith --
Rule 46 Go for Broke --
Rule 47 Lay Down the Law --
Rule 48 Keep Your Promises --
Rule 49 Hit Your Marks --
Rule 50 Don't Push Your Luck --
Rule 51 Take a Walk Around the Block --
Rule 52 Lose Your Form --
Rule 53 Set an Alarm Clock --
Rule 54 Fall in Love --
Rule 55 Get Rejected --
Rule 56 Buy the Smoking Jacket --
Rule 57 Keep Your Day Job --
Rule 58 Pick a Personage --
Rule 59 Ham It Up --
Rule 60 Know No Shame --
Rule 61 Pass the Scuttlebutt --
Rule 62 Go Inside --
Rule 63 De-claim! De-claim! --
Rule 64 Take the Long Way --
Rule 65 Show No Mercy --
Rule 66 Doubt Everyone --
Rule 67 Find Your Ideal --
Rule 68 Kill the Passion --
Rule 69 Grumble and Fuss --
Rule 70 Engage the Enemy --
Rule 71 Mix It Up --
Rule 72 Graph It --
Rule 73 Join Up --
Rule 74 Stake Your Claim --
Rule 75 Get in Style --
Rule 76 Change Your Spots --
Rule 77 Tone It Up --
Rule 78 Make 'Em Laugh! --
Rule 79 Befriend Your Editor --
Rule 80 Choose Your Words --
Rule 81 Choose Their Words, Too --
Rule 82 Beware of Easy Inspiration --
Rule 83 Add a Dash of Metaphor --
Rule 84 Rid Yourself of Writing Words --
Rule 85 Convert Yourself --
Rule 86 Punctuate That Thought --
Rule 87 Build the Perfect Reader --
Rule 88 Pass the Scalpel --
Rule 89 Gather Ye Moonbeams! --
Rule 90 Lose Your Perspective --
Rule 91 Take Up Whittling --
Rule 92 Save Every Scrap --
Rule 93 Engage in No False Advertising --
Rule 94 Keep Your Prose Clean --
Rule 95 Protect Your Inspiration --
Rule 96 Magnetize Yourself --
Rule 97 Spill Your Secrets --
Rule 98 Don't Tense Up --
Rule 99 Call It Quits --
Rule 100 Grant Yourself a Title --
Rule 101 Love Words.
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9781582973265
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