Kurt Vonnegut -- troubling.info

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From the page: Kurt Vonnegut Eight rules for writing fiction: 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... more

Reviewed by androidny Nov 04 2007, 03:18pm ( 183 reviews ) • troubling.info

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Rated by naludd on Oct 23, 6:50pm

Good advice. Straightforward writing = good writing.
Rated by paganmoth on Oct 23, 4:58pm

vonnegut's quirky and unique style of fiction. what a wonderful writer he was.
Rated by neoauteur on Oct 19, 4:49pm

I am a sadist too.
Rated by zogby on Oct 04, 4:43pm

fab
Rated by deadeyeman on Oct 02, 4:54pm

I miss him.
Rated by GameSythe on Sep 15, 2:49pm

I've seen this a crap load and it's missing a vital rule he wrote at the end: the greatest authors break all of these rules except for the first.
Rated by YogaforCynics on Sep 13, 6:39pm

3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Rated by shadowduv on Sep 04, 6:27pm

As a part time writer myself some of this I already knew, but the idea of being a sadist actually seems interesting. Perhaps I should develop a character just to get them killed halfway through the book.
Rated by 1inquisitivemind on Jan 29 2009, 1:17pm

Most of these are very obvious to any writer, or should be, but some are very insightful. I learned a thing or two.

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