Dick wrote:
"I've heard Elmore Leonard talk about his rules before, but,
because rules have never helped creativity and because his
own work seems remarkably free of them, . . ."
Free of rules or creativity?
"Even worse, his rules contain bad advice. The weather thing
is plain silly. Writers begin their books or stories the way
they want to. Sometimes they begin with the weather. Someone
already mentioned "Red Wind," but you can also check out
James Lee Burke, Ross Macdonald, and a dozen others. Try
writing a book based in Chicago in the winter or New Orleans
in the summer without addressing the weather up front."
And it's practically required in the fast growing genre of
Florida noir.
Mark
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