Website review: Kurt Vonnegut: 8 Basics of Creative...

daravinne discovered this in Writing •45 reviews since Apr 7, 2008
writing, vonnegut, creative-writing •writingclasses.com/InformationPages/index.php...

People who like this website

erinmargaret Irvine

rollerboy San Diego

Kaibrah California

tamiland California

TTILLMAN3 California

chitabanana16 California

gabiporter Gilbert

hedezhong Utah

joonzfeat Santa Fe

Originate Colorado

StumbleUpon is the best way to discover great web sites, videos, photos, blogs and more - based on your interests. Everything is submitted and rated by the community. Discover, share and review the best of the web!

Join StumbleUpon Today >

Reviews of this website

Add Your Review

thegeektragedy rated 7 days ago

From the page: "# Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. # Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. # Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. # Every sentence must do one of two thingsā€"reveal character or advance the action. # Start as close to the end as possible. # Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to themā€"in order that the reader may see what they are made of. # 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. # Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck 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." And so it goes.