Edited translation from essay found on site from
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
2. Believe that your art is an unreachable summit...When you are able to conquer it you will do so without being aware of it.
3. Resist imitation, but if you must imitate do so. The development of a personal style is a science.
4. ...Love your art as you would your lover, giving it all your heart.
5. Don't begin to write without knowing from the first word where you are going. In a well-constructed story the first three lines are almost as important as the three last.
6. If you want to express with precision the idea that "from the river blew a cold wind" there are no other words than those to say so.
7. Use no unnecessary adjectives. Useless adjctives cannot enliven a weak noun. If you find the right word it will live. The trick is to find it.
8. Take your characters by the hand and lead them firmly to the conclusion without deviating from your path. Don't be distracted by seeing what they cannot or don't value. Do not abuse your reader. A story is a novel devoid of useless verbiage. Take this as absolute truth even though it may not be.
9. Do not write under the sway of emotion. Let it die then evoke it anew. If you can revive what was, in art that is half the battle.
10. Do not think about your friends when you write, nor on the impression your story will make. Write as if your story were of interest to no one but its characters, of whom you could have been one. There is no other way for your story to truly live.