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Posted by BenM (Member # 8329) on :
Link courtesy of Neil Gaiman's blog:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one
Various well-known authors were asked to provide ten 'rules' for writing; a few found the idea worth poking fun at.Among my favourites was Philip Pullman's response to their request:
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My main rule is to say no to things like this, which tempt me away from my proper work.