Kurt Vonnegut on picking a lane: Find a subject you care ab...

Kurt Vonnegut on picking a lane: 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. I am not urging you to… Show more

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More good writing advice in these two pages than in most books 1/2 https://t.co/vX5zabWfqW

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Don’t create the content you think people want to consume, create the content you want to consume. If it interests you, you’ll make it interesting to others.

23 Truths I Wish I Knew at 23

In 1985, Kurt Vonnegut released a little-known essay with his 8 tips on ‘How to Write With Style.’ I come back to it again and again. Gold: *** 1. Find a subject you care about My writing reads like unmitigated slop when I don’t care... See more

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