Comments on: Bestseller Fiction – The Wrap-up, Part 1 http://writeabetternovel.net/bestseller-fiction-the-wrap-up-part-1/ Practical wisdom for novelists and other storytellers Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa Kenney http://writeabetternovel.net/bestseller-fiction-the-wrap-up-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Lisa Kenney Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:19:34 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=55#comment-45 <p>I'd never heard that one before, but it's great. I just (really) added it to the white board as #9. Thank you.</p> I’d never heard that one before, but it’s great. I just (really) added it to the white board as #9. Thank you.

]]> By: Bill http://writeabetternovel.net/bestseller-fiction-the-wrap-up-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Bill Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:00:51 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=55#comment-46 <p>They are good rules. He had another one that's not on the list, but it's come to my aid many times. For some reason I vividly remember him saying it in class; I guess it was because it struck me as remarkably simple and profound advice: </p> <p>When your story is breaking down and you have no idea how to fix it, give the hero a friend. </p> They are good rules. He had another one that’s not on the list, but it’s come to my aid many times. For some reason I vividly remember him saying it in class; I guess it was because it struck me as remarkably simple and profound advice:

When your story is breaking down and you have no idea how to fix it, give the hero a friend.

]]> By: Lisa Kenney http://writeabetternovel.net/bestseller-fiction-the-wrap-up-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Lisa Kenney Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:07:44 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=55#comment-47 <p>I can't believe Kurt Vonnegut was your teacher. I LOVED him. The most expensive book I have is a beautiful, pristine, cello-wrapped, signed first edition of his uncollected short fiction (can that be right?), BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX. There's a wonderful section in his introduction called "Now lend me your ears. Here is Creative Writing 101:", after which, he lists 8 rules that I wrote on a giant white board in my office a year ago and still refer to daily. Wow. Kurt Vonnegut. I just loved him.</p> I can’t believe Kurt Vonnegut was your teacher. I LOVED him. The most expensive book I have is a beautiful, pristine, cello-wrapped, signed first edition of his uncollected short fiction (can that be right?), BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX. There’s a wonderful section in his introduction called “Now lend me your ears. Here is Creative Writing 101:”, after which, he lists 8 rules that I wrote on a giant white board in my office a year ago and still refer to daily. Wow. Kurt Vonnegut. I just loved him.

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