My Most Important Rule Is

Try Not To Write The Parts That People Skip.

I Used To Be Able To Write Five Pages A Day, Every Day, No Problem. Now A Good Day Is Five Or Four Pages, And That's From 9:30 A.m. Until 6 P.m.

It's My Attempt To Remain Invisible, Not Distract The Reader From The Story With Obvious Writing.

Never Use A Verb Other Than "said" To Carry Dialogue... I Once Noticed Mary Mccarthy Ending A Line Of Dialogue With "she Asseverated" And Had To Stop Reading And Go To The Dictionary.

My Characters Have To Talk, Or They're Out. They Audition In Early Scenes. If They Can't Talk, They're Given Less To Do, Or Thrown Out.