Colson Whitehead's Rules for Writing: NY Times

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Colson Whitehead's Rules for Writing: NY Times

Post by Doug Pardee » July 29th, 2012, 1:33 pm

Not entirely serious. Especially see rule #11:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/books ... iting.html
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Re: Colson Whitehead's Rules for Writing: NY Times

Post by writersink » July 29th, 2012, 2:22 pm

Haha I love this! Thanks for sharing :D
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Post by Beethovenfan » July 29th, 2012, 5:23 pm

That was awesome. I think I liked #8 best!
"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine."
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Re: Colson Whitehead's Rules for Writing: NY Times

Post by AnimaDictio » July 30th, 2012, 12:10 pm

That was funny. I tried reading his The Intuitionist and couldn't get into it.
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Re: Colson Whitehead's Rules for Writing: NY Times

Post by Mira » July 30th, 2012, 1:19 pm

Ha! These are great fun. Thanks for linking it. :D
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