How do you create plot from character? How do you create character from plot? How do you write text that flows? Based on more than a decade of writers' workshops and critique groups, this fully indexed, 170 page book draws useful lessons from weak writing, and presents these lessons as tenets, or rules. In this book you will discover: 100 solid rules to apply to your fiction. The motivation behind each rule. The pros and cons of keeping-or breaking-the rules. Numerous examples of rule-keeping and rule-breaking. How every rule serves to keep the reader reading. Serious about your craft? Act now!