Not bad at writing rules, either: Kurt Vonnegut, Eight rules for writing fiction.

Readers will especially appreciate the first:

1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.

This one's fresh:

3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

Worth the click.

The Internet made me do it: Some are blaming the Internet for Politico.com's rushing out with a one-source wrong story that John Edwards would suspend his presidential campaign because his wife Elizabeth would again be treated for cancer.

This is like blaming the telephone.

How Politico Got It Wrong by Ben Smith of Politico.com.
Source: "someone who speaks to Edwards."

When I first landed in this newsroom, way before we'd heard of the Internet, the old timers told me about an old slogan, "UPI gets it first, AP gets it right." This may still be true. Google News shows this:

Report: Edwards suspending campaign
United Press International - 10 hours ago
CHAPEL HILL, NC, March 22 (UPI) -- Politico.com reports Democrat John Edwards will suspend his campaign for the presidential nomination because of a ...

AP didn't run with it.

Many Get Edwards 'Scoop' Wrong -- Based on Single Source at Editor & Publisher. Reuters ran with a single source, too.

p.s.:
MSNBC: Brady's model girlfriend says she's not pregnant: Bundchen finally issues denial of earlier report she was having baby
Source: MSNBC News Services

Boston Globe: Bundchen bumps Brady baby rumors
Source: "a translation posted on the Brazilian website glamurama.com.br." -- which reported the pregnancy in the first place.