Comments on: Vonnegut on Style

By: Bryan Gerber

Bryan Gerber — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:21:50 +0000

Holy shit, is MJ Misty? It’s fucking on now Misty. These comments are officially a forum and you are officially the same whack nut job I remember you being. Have at you!

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:47:57 +0000

Stephen King calls #4 “Kill Your Darlings”, which I like. I imagine the writing of fiction the way he does it, and the way Vonnegut does it are two totally different animals (especially if you’re all about Vonnegut’s style– I have a hard time reading him, though I have a few of his books, he’s somewhere near Joyce on my shelf– not impossible, but a pain in the ass)– Anyway, the point I’m taking three paragraphs to make, is if you’re trying to buff up your writing style, I think “On Writing” is worth at least a perusal. That, Elements of Style, and The New Book of Forms are all you need, in my slacker-writer opinion.

By: Jin

Jin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:40:00 +0000

I’m not familiar with Vonnegut’s work. Then again I’m not a very well read person. I do plan to get back into reading books again. I think reading blogs have given me ADD. I ordered a few books from Edward De Bono, since I liked his other works.