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Heath Amodio

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Hello. My name is Heath Amodio. I’m a writer from Upstate New York. (Yes, there’s more to NY than the city. Just don’t ask people that live in the city.) I live with my amazingly spoiled dog Bella, and far too many comic books. Is that a thing?

I’ve been a fan of fiction ever since my mother read me my first Hardy Boys book. I quickly transitioned from the Hardy Boys, Superfudge, Pippi Longstocking, and Treasure Island to Stephen King’s IT thanks to an aunt that clearly wanted to terrify me. It became my favorite novel, and one that I’ve read a dozen times. It’s kind’ve become a Mel Gibson must buy every copy of Catcher In the Rye type of situation. I won’t scare you off by telling you exactly how many different versions I own. 😳

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Elmore Leonard
“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing

1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
Elmore Leonard

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