Velvet Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 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 sentance 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 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. -Kurt Vonnegut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 I actually just got finished reading Tasha's little quote from him. "We're only on this earth to fart around, don't let anyone tell you different" or something to that extent. It's from Timequake. What's that quote from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 I actually just got finished reading Tasha's little quote from him. "We're only on this earth to fart around, don't let anyone tell you different" or something to that extent. It's from Timequake. What's that quote from? I did a Google search on the first point, which leads me to believe it's from the preface to Babombo Snuff Box. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted June 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 It's from the forward to one of his collections of short stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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