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By: Rules « All The Way Holloway

Rules « All The Way Holloway — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:19:42 +0000

[...] that great writers tend to break all but the first rule. He also wrote an article entitled How to Write with Style which offers up the following [...]

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:08:36 +0000

i’m a huge fan of mr. vonnegut.

i think i kind of cherish this advice if it is his.

“i’m not telling you to write a novel, though i won’t complain if you do, a letter to etc”

what advice! what a man who cares about what he does! what a teacher.

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Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:18:37 +0000

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By: Lethe Bashar

Lethe Bashar — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:45:36 +0000

Yes, it’s really quite profound when you think about it.

By: Sonja

Sonja — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:29 +0000

Thanks for that quote, Lethe.

By: Eli James

Eli James — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:34:28 +0000

Wow, Lethe. Writing as a function of life is …. okay wow.

By: Lethe Bashar

Lethe Bashar — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:15:21 +0000

While we’re on the topic of writerly advice, I thought I would share a quote I came across the other day while reading Lin Yutang’s inestimable volume, “The Importance of Living.”

In a section called “The Art of Writing,” he begins:

“The art of writing is very much broader than the art of writing itself, or of the writing technique. In fact, it would be helpful to a beginner who aspires to be a writer first to dispel in him any over-concern with the technique of writing, and tell him to stop trifling with such superficial matters and get down to the depths of his soul, to the end of developing a genuine literary personality as the foundation of all authorship. When the foundation is properly laid and a genuine literary personality is cultivated, style follows as a natural consequence and the little points of technique will take care of themselves.”