tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post1496630271104701783..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Listening to Elmore LeonardJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-49739147340976385082012-02-07T08:11:41.250-05:002012-02-07T08:11:41.250-05:00Great advice! I find myself thinking I need to use...Great advice! I find myself thinking I need to use something other than 'said' (as so many authors do), yet I, too, find these words extremely distracting.<br /><br />Thanks for this post, Janet.a traditional housewife against the worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03360118274239382315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-9744054076729201702012-02-03T08:07:25.921-05:002012-02-03T08:07:25.921-05:00That sounds like an excellent time! Thank you for ...That sounds like an excellent time! Thank you for sharing this. Definitely good advice. :-)Ali Trottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786367680085861585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-61350506128649056022012-02-03T05:42:39.925-05:002012-02-03T05:42:39.925-05:00Leonard shunts attention away from his brilliance ...Leonard shunts attention away from his brilliance with his just-folks demeanor. He hits all his marks less obtrusively - that is, more organically - then any other writer I know. One of his advice bromides is that he <i>doesn't</i> write the stuff he skips over in other people's work. Seems like a mere cute expression - but try doing it sometime. Unless you're Elmore Leonard, you probably can't!<br /><br />The under-discussed aspect of Leonard's work is that it's grown more innovative in the past 10 years; he does a lot of interesting stuff with POV and time shifts. This gets lost in the shuffle because once a grand master turns 75, he or she tends to get fawning rather than close reads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-28631251072078598432012-02-02T23:35:44.464-05:002012-02-02T23:35:44.464-05:00Some great wisdom here, although I'm not on bo...Some great wisdom here, although I'm not on board with him about the outlining. Right now my WIP is completely diverging from the outline, but I don't think I could have gotten to this point without it. Writers have to use whatever works for them.Annalise Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14084204241851862568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-72612642489926406242012-02-02T22:32:48.588-05:002012-02-02T22:32:48.588-05:00"Not outlining allows for surprise and someth..."Not outlining allows for surprise and something else to happen."<br /><br />I'm all over that. As I've noted in a few of my blog posts, there are times when I sit down to write (usually, dialogue between two characters) with literally one sentence in my head. An hour later, there are 1,200 words staring back at me.Michael Seesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694187657718931214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-2314879981267434142012-02-02T21:43:08.844-05:002012-02-02T21:43:08.844-05:00What incredible wisdom. Daring advice about outlin...What incredible wisdom. Daring advice about outlining or not. I'm not sure I'm that brave.The Busy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06436661456524769835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-58416581079820566722012-02-02T19:53:10.296-05:002012-02-02T19:53:10.296-05:00Ditto to Crystal Licata. That's a great quote....Ditto to Crystal Licata. That's a great quote.Joseph S. Ramirezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00285742026682019103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-32103430321343247352012-02-02T14:22:48.152-05:002012-02-02T14:22:48.152-05:00Great advice. My favorite is "If it sounds li...Great advice. My favorite is "If it sounds like writing, rewrite"...priceless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335427276116292574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-83531359698410656852012-02-02T14:05:55.693-05:002012-02-02T14:05:55.693-05:00Elmore Leonard's 10 RULES OF WRITING may be sp...Elmore Leonard's <b>10 RULES OF WRITING</b> may be sparse, but it's still the best advice in the least amount of words.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772310179223546476noreply@blogger.com