Rules of Creative Writing by Elmore Leonard & Kurt Vonnegut

Elmore Leonard has 10 rules of writing.

Kurt Vonnegut has 8 rules.

Both are worth the read.

Any other authors with rules of writing?

Why English is Hard to Learn

Click on the link and you'll find out why. Unless, of course, you already have the answer.

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One Sentence - True stories, told in one sentence.

Fifty most popular stories in one sentence.

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Courtroom Quotations

From the mouths of . . . You fill in the blank. At least when you say something stupid at work or at home people may not remember what you said. In the courtroom, you don't have that luxury. You have a court reporter.

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Totally Absurd Inventions

Creative types can be so entertaining in the early stage of developing an idea. Many of the absurd inventions fall into this category. Maybe if they pursued another draft or two, their inventions would be anything but absurd.

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StrangeUSA.com

This site contains links to the macabre and weird that have occurred in a specific area of the country. On the home page, visitors click on a state then city contained in a list, which brings surfers to the oddity that had occurred in that location: from hauntings to UFO sightings, etc.. Great for story ideas, as well as just a fun place to lurk if you enjoy learning about things that go bump in the night. I'm not talking about headboard knocking. There are other sites for that.

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Home page link: http://www.strangeusa.com/index.asp

Classic Short Stories

Found this website that lists links to many classic short stories. Hence, the title of the website: Classic Short Stories.

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All About Forensic Psychology

Another great website. That is, if this is your cup of poison.

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Psychic Detectives

This is a website definitely worth visiting if you are an armchair detective like me.

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HItman

Stumbled onto this website while doing research on my book. I'm hoping it is a joke but not sure. The subtitle on the site is: Hitman - The most trusted name in professional killings! You be the judge if this is the real thing or not. Scary . . .

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Turning Book Signings Into Profit Centers

An informative article on how to increase book sales at book signings.

Nineteenth Annual Independent and Small Book Fair - Dec 2 & 3, 2006

Small Press Center - Home

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Author Courts Book Clubs And Boosts Sales, Romance Novelist John Shors Makes Personal Calls And Visits To Book Clubs - CBS News

John Shors, author of "Beneath A Marble Sky," a romantic novel, boosts book sales by speaking at book clubs. Shors proves that a little innovation can go a long way.

Craft of writing might help art of medicine - Health Care - MSNBC.com

Interesting article. As long as the doctors are not into Horror or Science Fiction, it could be highly effective.

Craft of writing might help art of medicine - Health Care - MSNBC.com