24 July 2017
Today, if you can believe it, makes it ten years since we lost one of the greatest American writers-and, no matter how he tried to deny it, one of the greatest writing teachers. Certainly one of the greatest writing advice list-makers, at any rate. Vonnegut's many thoughts on writing have been widely shared, taught, studied and adapted (designer Maya Eilam's infographic-ized version of his "shapes of stories" lecture springs vividly to mind) because his advice tends to be straightforward, generous, and (most importantly) right.