December 2009
17 posts
“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when Grandma tried to bite...”
– Eric Hamlin
Kurt Vonnegut
“Now lend me your ears. Here is Creative Writing 101:
Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.
Start as close to...
Also
When I saw my brother for the first time in 4 months I exclaimed “Woah, you’re all grown up! Look, you wear belts now!”
Except I accidentally said “You bear welts now!”
That was a lot funnier to me than it was my mom.
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Come back Jeff ]:
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When I’m Dead: Part 2 - Logan Whitehurst
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