Rules for Writers

“The early years were harder than anyone can imagine… It is never easy to be hungry, never easy to be alone, never easy to believe in oneself when nobody else does.”

- Louis L'Amour

• Elmore Leonard's 10 rules for writers
• Ray Bradbury's 12 pieces of advice for young writers
• James Baldwin's writing advice
• Jonathan Franzen's 10 rules for novelists
• Stephen King's 20 rules for writers
• Raymond Chandler's 10 commandments for writing a detective novel