Aesthetic Ideas

>“Nothing is true, everything is permitted.”  -William S. Burroughs

>"Start as close to the end as possible." –Vonnegut’s 8 Rules

>"Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted." -Vonnegut’s 8 Rules

>"Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for." -Vonnegut’s 8 Rules

>"Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water."
-Vonnegut’s 8 Rules

>"Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action." –Vonnegut’s 8 Rules

>"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." -Vonnegut’s 8 Rules

>"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."  -Vonnegut’s 8 Rules

>"Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell 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."  -Vonnegut’s 8 Rules

>Revisions are contextual. -?

>The line is a complete unit. -?

>"Repetition, variation and closure. It’s like jazz."  –Barbara Anderson

>The line is a complete breath. -?

>Break conventions, question standards. -?

>Literary montage is an acceptable technique. -?

>Unconventional realism is desired. -?

>Rejection of old forms is needed. -?

>"Effective writing is always simple in form." –Hemmingway, and others

>Language is a form of art. -Public schools (Language Arts class)

>Great art is the result of breaking rules in intelligent ways in order to communicate a unique idea.  -?

>"Never use a foreign phrase or jargon if an average word will do." –Orwell’s advice

>"Never use a big word when a small one can do the job." –Orwell’s advice

>"If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out." –Orwell’s advice

>Always be transparent.  -?

>Commas and line-breaks are interchangeable. -?

>Condense imagery. -?

>Allow work to mature before sharing. -?

>“A poem is never finished, only published.”  -Paul Gallagher

>"The Maxim of Relevance: Be relevant."  –Contemporary Linguistics, 5th Edition

>"The Maxim of Quality: Try to make your contribution one that is true."  
–Contemporary Linguistics, 5th Edition

>"The Maxim of Quantity: Don’t make your contribution more or less than required." –Contemporary Linguistics, 5th Edition

>"The Maxim of Manner: Avoid ambiguity and obscurity; be brief and orderly."
–Contemporary Linguistics, 5th Edition

>Never use 100 words for what can be said in three.  -?

>There must be suffering! -Dostoevsky (provided by pseudonometry)

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