"Ten Rules for Writing Fiction." GUARDIAN February 20, 2010.

Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, cut, rewrite, then cut and rewrite again – if all else fails, pray. Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing, we asked authors for their personal dos and don'ts. . . . Read the rest here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one.