The master of stark prose died last month, and right away the appreciations started appearing. Here are a few: Maria Popova reviews Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing, and David Haglund goes over the exceptions and hedges. Poynter's Roy Peter Clark recounts his buffet-line conversation with Leonard about exclamation points. And Rick Anderson takes a stab at giving Goldilocks a Leonard makeover.
September 1, 2013