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Kurt Vonnegut: How to Write with Style
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7-23-2008 3:43 PM
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Thanks, Kurt!
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7-23-2008
4:14 PM
carrerinyes
I'll second that!
7-23-2008
6:14 PM
JohnWaterman
so it goes...
7-25-2008
2:45 PM
maquser
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4b6c9fc1-a271-498a-aa9a-44e537771cbc/12D82831-AE73-4744-B44B-93A3B420A1CE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html" href="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html" style="font-size: 11px;">literature.sdsu.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><SPAN>How to Write With Style</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><DIV> <BIG><SPAN>by</SPAN></BIG><BIG><SPAN> Kurt Vonnegut</SPAN></BIG></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><SPAN>The most damning revelation you can make about yourself is that you do not know what is interesting and what is not. Don't you yourself like or dislike writers mainly for what they choose to show you or make you think about? Did you ever admire an emptyheaded writer for his or her mastery of the language? No.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><SPAN>So your own winning style must begin with ideas in your head.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><DIV> <BIG><SPAN>In Sum:</SPAN></BIG></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><SPAN>1. Find a subject you care about</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><SPAN>2. Do not ramble, though</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><SPAN>3. Keep it simple</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><SPAN>4. Have guts to cut</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><SPAN>5. Sound like yourself</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><SPAN>6. Say what you mean</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html"><SPAN>7. 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