Famous Advice on Writing
The collected wisdom of great writers, including Vonnegut, Hemingway, Didion, Sontag, Fitzgerald, Orwell, Kerouac, Atwood, Steinbeck, and more:
Kurt Vonnegut
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On occasion, I write pretty well.
In which young Kurt Vonnegut, still relatively obscure, volunteers his services to JFK’s presidential campaign. Pair with Vonnegut on the shapes of stories, his daily routine, and his 8 keys to the power of the written word.
We lost Kurt Vonnegut on April 11, 2007 – but his timeless shapes of stories endure and never cease to delight.
An ABZ of Love – a quirky vintage Danish illustrated guide to sexuality, which Kurt Vonnegut sent his wife.
Wisdom on life from a vintage Danish illustrated guide to sexuality, which Kurt Vonnegut sent his wife.
To make you go “aw”: Kurt Vonnegut’s high school yearbook portrait, from the 1940 edition of The Annual.
Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, and not your games with language, which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style.
Kurt Vonnegut’s advice on writing
The most damning revelation you can make about yourself is that you do not know what is interesting and what is not.
Kurt Vonnegut on how to write with style, 1985
Kurt Vonnegut’s classic lecture on the shapes of stories, now in an infographic.
Kurt Vonnegut, in one of literary history’s most beautiful definitions of love
Begin the new year with some of history’s most beautiful definitions of love.
Kurt Vonnegut’s hand-drawn sketch of his apartment in Iowa during his time teaching at the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop, with a rant about rent.
