These are rules I’ve picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I’m writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what’s taking place…
BENDIS!: WRITERS ON WRITING By ELMORE LEONARD RIP -
WRITERS ON WRITING; Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle
These are rules I’ve picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I’m writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what’s taking place…
Decided I really like Longmire. Was initially interested purely for Katee Sackhoff in a western setting, but stayed for Robert Taylor, Lou Diamond Phillips, the rest of the great cast and the quality storytelling. It’s not a show you fall in love with immediately, but whose charms and, indeed, great writing are undeniable if you stick with it. I especially like that the cases, the world, and the characters seem real. Real for TV, granted, but it’s not over the top serial killers on the prowl in Wyoming or ripped-from-theheadlines distortions. These feel like real cases that are unique to that part of the country. Dealing with cliche-breaking Native Americans (both good and bad), illegal hunting, the local sheriff’s election, people who move away from their troubles and try to restart. It’s slow and measured, but worth your time.
Lil ‘ SUPER TIME FORCE #PAX preview! See ya’ll in Seattle!
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Brass Halo, 1950s - Illustration by Robert Maguire.
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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, ‘It’s in the script.’ If he says, ‘But what’s my motivation?, ’ I say, ‘Your salary.’
Alfred Hitchcock
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Rita Hayworth in a promotional photograph for “The Lady from Shanghai”, 1947.
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