According to Ralph Keyes, if you aren’t scared to write, if you aren’t facing demons when you face the blank page (and some call this writer’s block), then you may be: kidding yourself writing banal, inane, trivial stuff not writing at all E.B. White worried over every word. Margaret Atwood said that you need a … Scared?
Kurt Vonnegut was a master of satire, creating intense novels that make you laugh and squirm, such as Cat’s Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, and Jailbird. He offers the following eight tips on how to write a short story. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not … Kurt Vonnegut’s Tips for Short Stories
George Orwell wrote this essay, “Politics and the English Language,” in 1946, complaining about how modern English has gone astray. He parodies a well-known verse from Ecclesiastes to show just how bad modern English has become. Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to … George Orwell’s Rules for Writing