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Kurt Vonnegut: How to Write With Style

cubicle17:

Why should you examine your writing style with the idea of improving it? Do so as a mark of respect for your readers, whatever you’re writing. If you scribble your thoughts any which way, your readers will surely feel that you care nothing about them. They will mark you down as an egomaniac or a chowderhead —- or, worse, they will stop reading you.

Vonnegut was a wise man and a brilliant writer. I came back to that realization a few months ago.

Via cubicle 17

  1. taradiddle reblogged this from asie and added:
    A is for Audience. B is for Be Thoughtful. C is for Cookie. That’s good enough for me.
  2. asie reblogged this from cubicle17 and added:
    mm-clam chowdah.
  3. itodd-deactivated20090630 reblogged this from cubicle17 and added:
    Fantastic advice. The world would be a better place if people thought about the eventual readers while writing.
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    I’ve been slacking on my writing recently, but there’s nothing like the words of ol’ Vonnegut Jr. to give me a good kick...
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    I wonder if Kurt had a Twitter
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    Or, just re-blog! Yay!
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    Yeah, thanks for reminding me again why my writing now sucks. Baww, Journalism.
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    Vonnegut was a wise man and a brilliant writer. I came back to that realization a few months ago.
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    No matter what your first language, you should treasure it all your life. If it happens to not be standard English, and...
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