The Rules of Writing Skewered

In the Sunday New York Times Book Review section, novelist Colson Whitehead took the opportunity to poke fun at some tried and true rules of the writers’ craft, some of which I have recommended myself. Among them are:

• Show and tell
• Write what you know
• Less is More, aka “Kill Your Darlings”
• What isn’t said is as important as what is said
• Revise, revise, revise

See what fun Mr. Colson has with these “Best Practices,” and you will too.