Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Rules for Writing

The glories of Facebook: Someone posted a link to this blog post by thriller writer Joe Konrath…I love this cranky guy and his rules for how NOT to start your story:

“DO NOT START A STORY BY ADDRESSING THE READER
"You'll never believe what happened on July 2, 1943." You're right. I won't believe it, because I just stopped reading.”

Read the rest here.