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I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2. — O. Henry

As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient. — Shannon Hale

There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast. — J. Michael Straczynski

There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets. — Diane Duane

For as 'Wright's Ninth Rule of Writing' states, every story teaches a moral, whether intended by the author or not. — John C. Wright

Nobody with any real sense of humor *can* write a love story ... Shakespeare is the exception that proves the rule. (90-91) — L.M. Montgomery

Rule number four for me as a writer? Plotlines are like sharks: They either keep moving or they die. ~J.R. Ward — J.R. Ward

There's an old rule of theater that goes, 'If there's a gun on the mantel in Act I, it must go off in Act III.' The reverse is also true. — Stephen King

Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it. — Steven Pressfield

Lyrically, 'less words mean more' is a pretty good rule of thumb. Try to cut out the fat and get to the meat of what you're saying. — Chris Stapleton

With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me. — John Maus

There is no rule on how to write. — Ernest Hemingway,

A good rule for writers: do not explain overmuch. — W. Somerset Maugham

I always make it a rule never to look back. Otherwise, I'd ask myself how I could write such piffle and live with myself, day after day. — Ian Fleming

My rule is never save bits. They get the way, and you don't think of anything new. Put 'em in. Make a big mess. — Gene Wolfe

Rules for writing the first line? The last line?
First line: Make them want more.
Last line: Make them want the next book. — Darynda Jones

I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule. — Herman Wouk

A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call for a book. — Friedrich Nietzsche

There's a little trick called the Rule of Three: if you use any three of the five senses, it will make the scene immediately three-dimensional. — Diana Gabaldon

As a rule of thumb, four consecutive lines of dialogue is about as much as you want to have without a tag. — Diana Gabaldon

It is a safe rule to apply that, when a mathematical or philosophical author writes with a misty profundity, he is talking nonsense. — Alfred North Whitehead

Rule #1: Writing is for the creative brain. Editing is for the critical brain. Separate them appropriately. — James D. Beers

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. — Stephen King

To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more servile than to pay one's taxes or to write according to the rule of grammar. — Elsie De Wolfe

I consider it a good rule for letter-writing to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new. — Sigmund Freud

I've also got a kind of rule where if I don't write it down and I can still remember it it's worth remembering! — Thighpaulsandra

When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it. — Henry David Thoreau

I have never been one to write by rule, not even by my own rules. — William Carlos Williams

When writing emails, the rule is, the shorter and more effective your email, the better. — Jason Luong

Both the writing and the visuals in that sense are very exploratory. It goes back to my rule for myself [in] making it. — Don Hertzfeldt

If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule - a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last. — John Steinbeck

I believe when you're writing film or television, you can't rely on a crutch or rule that exists outside of the narrative of the film. — David S.Goyer

The first thing I ever learned in roller derby is to fall, and in the author world I believe that same rule applies. — Elizabeth J. Kolodziej

The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning. — Anne Tyler

The most basic rule of editing is that if you can't bear to read it, no one else can either. So when you find yourself skimming, commit murder. — Marion Roach Smith

There's only one absolute rule in writing: None of us gets it right the first time. Revise, reverse, reinvent, re-vision. — Jane Yolen

There's no rule for better writing. Make your own rules, and see what works best for you. — Tarang Sinha

As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well. — Caroline Gordon

Here is a golden Rule ... Write legibly. The average temper of the human race would be perceptibly sweetened, if everybody obeyedthis Rule! — Lewis Carroll

The only rule I have found to have any validity is writing is not to bore yourself. — John Mortimer

The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough. — Arthur Schopenhauer

There's a saying - "Write what you know." It's bad advice if you take it as an unbreakable rule, but good advice if you use it as a foundation. — Stephen King

Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

I see but one rule: to be clear. — Stendhal

I'm publicizing the book that's done. I'm writing the book that's in the hopper, and I'm doing a little advance research on the book to come. — Ann Rule

First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else. — Zadie Smith