10 commandments and 5 sins

Rensar lite bland dokumenten jag har på datorn och hittade de här listorna, har skrivit ihop och ändrat formuleringar på andra listor jag sett så att det blivit "min egen". Ber om ursäkt om det är några stavfel, jag är inte världsbäst på engelska men man gör vad man kan..

The writers 10 commandments…
1. Begin the closest you can to the end.
2. Make sure every word is worth the trouble of reading it.
3. Dull feelings are boring, make your characters hate someone or love. Or both.
4. Every character needs to need something. In fact, a glass of water is better than nothing.
5. With a sentence, do one of three things. Reveal character, advance action or delete.
6. Balance your character. A hero can’t overcome his faults if he hasn’t got any.
7. Kill, lacerate and mangle your characters. How else can they prove their worth?
8. Don’t write what you think others want to read. Write what you would like to read.
9. The more information the sooner, the better. Your characters don’t need to know everything, but your reader does.
10.Break the commandments when you need too.

…And their Deadly sins
1. Awful grammar and poor spelling.
2. Believing your first draft makes a good story. It doesn’t.
3. Explaining too much. Your readers aren’t boneheads, so don’t treat them like that.
4. Saying “I don’t have time”. If you don’t, make time. If you can’t, then you don’t try hard enough.
5. And last, the deadliest sin of all. Give up.