http://www.fringemagazine.org/blog/rules-for-writing-fiction/ The Noun That Verbs Your World Thu, 16 May 2013 00:53:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.fringemagazine.org/blog/rules-for-writing-fiction/#comment-7110 Don Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:31:40 +0000 http://www.fringemagazine.org/?p=4944#comment-7110 Elmore Leonard's list was shite. Elmore Leonard’s list was shite.

]]> http://www.fringemagazine.org/blog/rules-for-writing-fiction/#comment-6732 Cindy Vine Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:17:45 +0000 http://www.fringemagazine.org/?p=4944#comment-6732 Everybody is different and what works for some might not work for others. I did wonder about that one from Anne Enright, only bad writers think their writing is good. Sometimes I write something and I think, "Shit that was good." Does that mean I'm a bad writer, lol? Everybody is different and what works for some might not work for others. I did wonder about that one from Anne Enright, only bad writers think their writing is good. Sometimes I write something and I think, “Shit that was good.” Does that mean I’m a bad writer, lol?

]]> http://www.fringemagazine.org/blog/rules-for-writing-fiction/#comment-6728 enda Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:13:17 +0000 http://www.fringemagazine.org/?p=4944#comment-6728 On the wall by my desk is my mantra, Never write shite. But I do. On the wall by my desk is my mantra, Never write shite. But I do.

]]> http://www.fringemagazine.org/blog/rules-for-writing-fiction/#comment-6169 Joe Gallagher Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:49:36 +0000 http://www.fringemagazine.org/?p=4944#comment-6169 Neil, Rose and Colm are my favorites. Writing something is boring if you already know the ending. Neil, Rose and Colm are my favorites. Writing something is boring if you already know the ending.

]]> http://www.fringemagazine.org/blog/rules-for-writing-fiction/#comment-6168 Shuchi Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:31:06 +0000 http://www.fringemagazine.org/?p=4944#comment-6168 Yes! I came to that same conclusion, that there are no set of rules that work for every writer. The fun of The Guardian's list is that you can do just what you did - pick and choose what works for you and what states your personal beliefs in the best way. There were definitely some rules on there that I didn't agree with (something about never starting a novel with the weather...then went to the bookstore and Joshua Ferris's new novel, Lorrie Moore's and John Banville's all start with the weather...but then that's Ferris, Moore, and Banville). At any rate, they aren't rules to live by, but rules to consider. Yes! I came to that same conclusion, that there are no set of rules that work for every writer. The fun of The Guardian’s list is that you can do just what you did – pick and choose what works for you and what states your personal beliefs in the best way. There were definitely some rules on there that I didn’t agree with (something about never starting a novel with the weather…then went to the bookstore and Joshua Ferris’s new novel, Lorrie Moore’s and John Banville’s all start with the weather…but then that’s Ferris, Moore, and Banville). At any rate, they aren’t rules to live by, but rules to consider.

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