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“I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be a rhythm with it ¡ Interviewers have said, you like jazz, don¡¯t you? Because we can hear it in your writing. And I thought that was a compliment.”
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“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
― Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
― Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing

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