Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Meet the Author. A Little About His Life November 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007 American novelist best known for his works of science fiction.

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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Meet the Author

A Little About His Life November 11, April 11, 2007 American novelist best known for his works of science fiction Satire, black comedy Humanist November 11, April 11, 2007 American novelist best known for his works of science fiction Satire, black comedy Humanist

Origins of Inspiration Vonnegut was held as a POW in Germany, during WWII Confined to a “slaughterhouse” Served as inspiration for one of his most popular novels, Slaughterhouse Five Vonnegut was held as a POW in Germany, during WWII Confined to a “slaughterhouse” Served as inspiration for one of his most popular novels, Slaughterhouse Five

To help you visualize…

Some of his works… Slaughterhouse Five (A+) Cat’s Cradle (A+) Breakfast of Champions (C) Many short stories and essays Slaughterhouse Five (A+) Cat’s Cradle (A+) Breakfast of Champions (C) Many short stories and essays

Vonnegut’s Rules for Short Story Writing 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. 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. from Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction

Vonnegut’s Rules for Short Story Writing 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. 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. from Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction

Vonnegut’s Rules for Short Story Writing 5.Start as close to the end as possible. 6.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. 5.Start as close to the end as possible. 6.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. from Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction

Vonnegut’s Rules for Short Story Writing 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 hell with suspense. 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 hell with suspense. from Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction

Vonnegut’s Rules for Short Story Writing 8. (cont’d) Readers should have complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages. from Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction

Last Lines from Vonnegut - When the last living thing Has died on account of us, How poetical it would be If Earth could say, In a voice floating up Perhaps From the floor Of the Grand Canyon, "It is done. People did not like it here." When the last living thing Has died on account of us, How poetical it would be If Earth could say, In a voice floating up Perhaps From the floor Of the Grand Canyon, "It is done. People did not like it here."

“so it goes.” ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.