How to Write with Style by Kurt Vonnegut, is an article to attract readers based on the style of writing you choose to do. Vonnegut is author or several novels like Slaughterhouse-Five, Jailbird, and Cat's Cradle. He wrote this article as a request from International Paper asking how to put style and personality into writing.
Vonnegut used 8 steps to make a more appealing paper for a vast audience, in particular tip number 1 "Find a topic you care about" (Vonnegut, 66). This is a very important step, when you find something you do care about then you are more compled to write about it, and you will be able to put your own flare and personality into what you write.
Tip number 2 "Do not ramble thought" (Vonnegut, 66), if you have no interest in what you are writing then your chances of rambling on about something unrelated or uninteresting is bound to happen. I would like to point out that I do not have a particular interest in this article but the tips that are given have been useful in my ability to write my essay.
Vonnegut's point in writing this was to grab people's attention about how you chose to write everything from a letter to an essay. I personally found this article useful, and intend to use these tips to better my style of writing.
What tip are you willing to use to better your own material?
One thing that I will take away from this article is that you can write so poetically, but no one will listen to you if you don't have something interesting to say. This is the last sentence of the article.
ReplyDeleteI think the most important tip is to find a topic you are interested in. I find it is also easier to write about something that interests you. I have learned that in this course. In saying that, I will also have to put to good use "don't ramble". When I am interested in something, sometimes I tend to go on about it.
ReplyDeleteHi Jeena,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your honest comments. You are not the first one to say that you don't usually pick up "how to write" articles for fun, but I'm glad you found his eight tips helpful.
I like his some of his flourishes like when he says we can't write "higgledy-piggledy" because no one would understand what we were trying to say. That expression made me smile. I think it reminds me of my grandmother's generation.