Writing Tips Kurt Vonnegut

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You will enjoy this short video of Kurt Vonnegut’s advice on writing a short-story. The eight writing tips are pithy, wise, and apropos to just about any kind of writing, not just short stories. Not sure I agree with the one about “suspense.”

Here are some interesting tidbits about Mr. Vonnegut I pulled for you from a Wikipedia article. You can read the full article here.

He majored in chemistry at Cornell University.
His mother committed suicide when he was 21-years-old.
He was a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II and the experience influenced his writing.
He was awarded the Purple Heart for what he called a “ludicrously negligible wound.”
After the war, he attended the University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and worked for the City News Bureau of Chicago.
He worked in Public Relations for General Electric, wrote for Sports Illustrated, was a volunteer firefighter, and managed the first United States Saab dealership.
He raised three of his own, and four adopted children.
He attempted suicide in l984.
An asteroid was named in his honor in 1999.
He taught at Harvard University and City College of New York.
He did the illustrations for two of his books and designed an album cover, which is now part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traveling exhibition.
He was politically outspoken, a lifetime member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and held unconventional views on religion.
He wrote 14 novels.
In 2007. Vonnegut died at the age of 84 from massive head trauma after falling down a flight of stairs.