October 2009
6 posts
“1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
Happy Columbus Day!
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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 things—reveal character or advance the action.
Start as close to the end as possible.
Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and...
“Life is nothing but high school … you get into real life and that turns out to...”
– Kurt Vonnegut 