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--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Kent Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This was really advice to Short Story authors, but i think it also > applies to thos of us that are striving to create short form videos. > > From: http://matociquala.livejournal.com/1107367.html > > Some writing advice by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. on the subject of short > stories, from Bagombo Snuff Box: > > 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will > not feel the time was wasted. > > 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. > > 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass > of water. > > 4. Every sentence must do one of two things -- reveal character or > advance the action. > > 5. Start as close to the end as possible. > > 6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading > characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the > reader may see what they are made of. > > 7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love > to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia. > > 8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as > possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete > understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could > finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
