Sometimes the Magic Works

I recently read this book and thought it had some interesting thoughts for writers. Not all of these points are original, but they all have some important insight. I thought I'd put down his list here so I can find it later.

Terry Brooks' rules for writing, from Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life

1. Write What You Know
2. Your Characters Must Behave in a Believable Fashion
3. A Protagonist Must Be Challenged by a Conflict that Requires Resolution
4. Movement Equals Growth; Growth Equals Change; Without Change,
Nothing Happens
5. The Strength of the Protagonist Is Measured by the Threat of the Antagonist
6. Show, Don't Tell
7. Avoid the Grocery-List Approach to Describing Characters
8. Characters Must Always Be in a Story for a Reason
9. Names Are Important
10. Don't Bore the Reader

Those are the major ones anyway -- he says he has minor ones too, but these are sufficient.

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