Kurt Vonnegut: 8 Bits of Advice

"Kurt Vonnegut: 8 Basics of Creative Writing"
Gotham Writers' Workshop

I like the way this list starts out: "Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted."

The rest is good advice, too: and so is what I'll call the ninth point, about Flannery O’Connor.