Just read this and realized how many of these seem really intuitive but never manifested in my own writing. I think Stephen King is a living legend right up with Gary Kasparov and Elon Musk. The weird thing is when these people talk about their craft, they make it seem like it is the easiest and most straight-forward thing to do.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/stephen-kings-top-20-rules-for-writers/