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    Kurt Vonnegut's advcie on writing. Like all good tips, they're worth repeating. Monsieur V at Wikipedia In his book Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction the great Kurt Vonnegut listed eight rules for writing a short story : 1. Use... more

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  • Rated by Xiane on Oct 07, 11:44am

    From the page: Newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writings. This makes them freaks in the world of writers, since almost all of the other ink-stained wretches in that world reveal a lot about themselves to readers. We call these revelations, accidental and intentional, elements of style.

  • Rated by Yoza on Oct 05, 8:42pm

    The sort of thing any kind of writer should read. Kurt Vonnegut offers 8 pieces of advice on how to write. Flickr: lensjockey's Photostream

  • Rated by OliviaB on Oct 05, 7:42pm

    Kurt Vonnegut's advcie on writing. Like all good tips, they're worth repeating. Monsieur V at Wikipedia In his book Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction the great Kurt Vonnegut listed eight rules for writing a short story : 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. 4. Every sentence must do one of two things--reveal character or advance the action. 5. Start as close to the end as possible. 6. Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them--in order that the reader may see what they are made of. 7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia. 8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages. dubai

  • Rated by Ambreen on Sep 30, 8:31am

    Handy advice; sure to pass it on

  • Rated by rn2go on Aug 21, 9:18pm

    My favorite writer.

  • Rated by ArmenS on Jul 23, 4:41pm

    these are Kurt Vonnegut's tips on how to write properly for writing, including keeping your writing concise

  • Rated by gtkajita on Jul 12, 9:40am

    or just read a bunch of Vonneguts and get used to the simplicity he writes by

  • Rated by lalaaston on Jun 26, 9:29pm

    There's so much to learn from this writing legend.