I like his tip, "If it sounds like writing, re-write it." Hear that Turq? :)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > I read his earlier books when I would find them in used book stores.  Loved > them.  This link has a marvelous picture of him. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/books/elmore-leonard-master-of-crime-fiction-dies-at-87.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 > > > > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 1:37 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] "If youâre not having fun, youâre not doing > it rightâ > > > >  > That's a quote by one of the great writers of our time, > asked once to comment on writing. It's as terse as much > of his other writing, and as right on. It is IMO high > wisdom, the very *essence* of great writing. > > Elmore Leonard was a true craftsman, an artist who, like > Raymond Chandler before him, changed the world forever > with his writing, and all while staying within genres > that the intelligentsia never really considered "writing." > > You know his dialogue even if you've never read a single > one of his books, from the many movies and TV shows based > on the books (like "Justified," "Out Of Sight," "Be Cool," > "Get Shorty," "Killshot," "3:10 To Yuma," or "Jackie Brown"), > and from the thousands of others that tried to emulate his > style, and failed. He will be missed. > > http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130820/ENT09/308200051/American-novelist-Elmore-Leonard-has-died >
