Elmore Leonard wrote a lot of thriller and crime novels, including Get Shorty, Rum Punch, and Out of Sight. A lot of his books, including those three, were adapted into movies.
His signature writing style was clean, visceral, with heavy, gun-toting dialog.
In the sunset of his career he offered up ten rules of writing that are worth sharing (below).
What …
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