One more word about Vonnegut (and writing)

[scarlettina]

puppetmaker40 posted the following and I wanted to share. Some wise words here:

Some writing advice by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. on the subject of short stories from Bagombo Snuff Box1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted

Comments

[matociquala]

I am still trying to learn how to follow those.

[scarlettina]

For someone not as far down the road as you are, that's a comfort (and a challenge).

[matociquala]

I think you never stop learning this stuff.

[scarlettina]

Oh, I know you never stop learning this stuff. But that's intellectual. To hear you say something like this, or Jay, or Gardner carries a whole different weight because it's more emotional, you know, when a friend says it?

[matociquala]

ayup.