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As he climbed the dark mountain in silence
an absurd and unrealistic dream of peace appeared
Created on 2005-12-10 20:36:54 (#8998976), last updated 2009-05-08
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Basic Info| Name: | Arcturus |
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| Birthdate: | 1987 |
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Bio"In the morning, I rise from my dreams, the happiest of angels. (...)
At night, I go to bed a dirty bastard. And what have I done in between?
I have consorted with men, and moved around in their filth."
-Abdulah Sidran (Sarajevo, 1993)
Kurt Vonnegut's Eight rules for writing fiction:
1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.
5. Start as close to the end as possible.
6. Be a sadist. Now 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.
7. 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.
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck 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.
250 books in 1001 days.
all work here is (c) Brian Latimer, 2007 unless noted otherwise.
At night, I go to bed a dirty bastard. And what have I done in between?
I have consorted with men, and moved around in their filth."
-Abdulah Sidran (Sarajevo, 1993)
Kurt Vonnegut's Eight rules for writing fiction:
1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.
5. Start as close to the end as possible.
6. Be a sadist. Now 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.
7. 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.
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck 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.
250 books in 1001 days.
all work here is (c) Brian Latimer, 2007 unless noted otherwise.
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