8 Tips From Kurt Vonnegut by Cat Rambo

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8 Tips From Kurt Vonnegut

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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8 TIPS FOR WRITING

BY KURT VONNEGUT

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1. USE THE TIME OF A TOTAL STRANGER

IN SUCH A WAY THAT HE OR SHE FEELS THE TIME WAS NOT WASTED.

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2. GIVE THE READER AT LEAST ONE CHARACTER HE OR SHE CAN ROOT FOR.

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3. EVERY CHARACTER SHOULD WANT SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S ONLY A GLASS OF WATER.

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4. EVERY SENTENCE MUST DO ONE OF TWO THINGS

REVEAL CHARACTER OR ADVANCE THE PLOT.

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5. START AS CLOSE TO THE END AS POSSIBLE.

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6. BE A SADIST. NO MATTER HOW SWEET AND INNOCENT YOUR CHARACTERS ARE,

BE AWFUL TO THEM SO YOUR READER CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE MADE OF.

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7. WRITE TO PLEASE JUST ONE PERSON. IF YOU THROW OPEN THE WINDOW

TO MAKE LOVE TO THE WORLD, YOU'LL ONLY CATCH COLD.

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8. GIVE YOUR READERS AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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