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01/30/2003: "Elmore Leonard's Rules Of Writing"

From: 1. Never open a book with weather. If it's only to create atmosphere, and not a character's reaction to the weather, you don't want to go on too long. The reader is apt to leaf ahead looking for people... To: 10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip... Invaluable.