Comments on: Vonnegut: How To Write With Style

By: Mohamed

Mohamed — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:58:00 +0000

wonderful.

By: Beckman Kyle

Beckman Kyle — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:56:00 +0000

I love it. It makes feel like I don’t have to strech a 3 page paper into 5 just for a grade.

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By: Zabbis

Zabbis — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:23:00 +0000

Thanks for the wise words

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764227318 — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:43:00 +0000

we will learn this article next week!

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By: Dianne Cowan

Dianne Cowan — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:47:03 +0000

Ah, I found a scan of the original – ’twas published in 1980.

http://kmh-lanl.hansonhub.com/pc-24-66-vonnegut.pdf

By: Dianne Cowan

Dianne Cowan — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:45:36 +0000

This was first published well before 1999. I first read it in the mid-80s. It was part of a packet of essays called “The Power of the Printed Word” that International Paper would send to people who sent in a coupon that was found in one of their products – a spiral-bound notebook or something.

I was delighted to find it here, however, because it made a huge impression on me – I still quote the parts about the bandsaw cutting galvanized tin and the pretty girl with two different colored eyes, about 25 years after I first read it. And of course, in 25 years I’ve had ample time to lose the original printed copy.

Thank you.

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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:22:26 +0000

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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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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.”