Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing

Originally published in the New York Times as an essay, fatted up with thick paper and amusing illustrations, Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing is good advice that you'd almost have to not need for it to be useful. He doesn't explain anything, doesn't tell how. It would be more of an inspirational reminder than actual direction. It's funny that the little he says about some of his rules is to give an example of a good writer who breaks them. Fun to read, took about fifteen minutes. I'd give it to a writer friend as a gift, maybe. ***