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'My most important rule is one that sums up all 10. If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in
English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative. It's my attempt
to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing. Joseph
Conrad said something about words getting in the way of what you want to say.'
Elmore Leonard