How to write: Colson Whitehead

The author of the novel "Zone One" shares his 11 rules for writing:

1. Show and tell
2. Let your subject come to you
3. Write what you know
4. Be concise
5. Keep a dream diary
6. What isn’t said is as important as what is said.
7. Writer's block is a tool--use it
8. is secret
9. Have adventures (a la Hemingway) 
10. Revise, revise, revise 
11. There are no rules