Funny her thoughts on endings. I've seen a good numbers of people saying that should be the first thing you decide once you have your story idea.

#8 startled me! A lot of historical writers have violated this - including the much-acclaimed (by me, too) Hilary Mantel with Wolf Hall. But the rule evidently worked for Tremaine.

But a list like this that contains some unexpected rules instead of all the obvious ones makes great food for thought - and is really more helpful for that reason than a list that doesn't have any surprises in it.

Like her idea about endings. It makes a lot of sense.

Not sure what #10 means - I think it's the word 'when' that confuses me. Does she mean that you shouldn't sit down to write when you first want to, but should let it percolate a little longer, or is she saying the usual thing about how your story should start closer to the real action than your first instinct usually dictates?

I wondered the same thing, Michele, but I think she meant letting the idea percolate. Doing this does seem to bring in more depth and complexity, which is a good thing.