Kurt Vonnegut on how to write a short story
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Falling in love with a writer is a dangerous thing, isn’t it? The only thing you get out of it sometimes is immortality.
Darnell Lamont Walker (via writingquotes)
Sometimes I think it takes
more courage and stubbornness, than talent, to be a writer.
You have to stick to your guns. But it is so worth it.
Anne Rice (via lelia-valois)
What is it like to fall in love?
I feel like a contradiction of myself, a body turned inside-out. It’s all at once suffocating and expansive. It’s fatal and life-giving. It makes me want to be better, yet it makes me act recklessly. It’s frightening and exhilarating. I love falling in love.
In your relationship with Louis, who loves the most?
I think that is an unfair question.
It’s impossible to tell because we love so differently.
The way I show my affection is through a showering of lavish gifts, which Louis often condemns as being superfluous and shallow. Whereas Louis expresses love in much more subtle ways, through other intimacies. A flash of a genuine smile, the gentle squeeze of a hand. It sounds as though I fully understand this and have worked around the way our “love languages” clash, but that is far from it. I am saying all of this now from a very analytical standpoint, but there are instances where these differences can be very disheartening to the both of us.
With that being said, however, there is no way to calculate which one of us loves more. I suppose I am much more prone to grand romantic gestures, but there is no equation that could be employed to figure the true sum of our affections. I do not believe our bond can be quantified.
author’s secret: i wrote prince lestat when i was drunk most of the time so i dont even remember what was in it shit son this is gonna be a surprise
It sure reads like that.
^TRUTH
Well he’s not wrong.
merciful-death replied to your post:
We all know Lestat’s writing severely went downhill when he boycotted me as his editor.
AR advice on the Rules of Writing:
On giving writers advice, offering “rules.” I’m asked a lot about this, and people bring great lists of rules for writers to the page all the time. What do I think? I can’t say it loud enough. There are NO RULES for all writers! And never let anyone tell you that there are. Writers are individuals; we each do it in our own way. Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you’re not a “real” writer because you don’t follow their rules! I can’t tell you how much harm was done to me early in life by others judging me in that way. I was told in college I wasn’t a “real” writer because I composed on a typewriter; I was condemned later on in damn near apocalyptic terms for “not writing every day.” “Real writers” are those who become “real writers.” That’s all there is to it. And again, we each do it in our own way. For me, stubbornness has been as important as any talent I might possess. I ultimately ignored the people who condemned me, ridiculed me and sought to discourage me. I laughed or cried over it in secret; and went right on writing what I wanted to write, the way I wanted to write it. I knew of no other way to become the writer of my dreams. If you want to be a writer, go for it. Critics are a dime a dozen, and people who would love to see you fail are everywhere. Just keep on going; keep doing what works for you. Keep believing in yourself.
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