Jane Espenson also writes for Battlestar Gallactica, one of my favorite shows until last season when they (the producers, or whoever "they" are) started taking their press too seriously and decided to increase the number of Self-Important Monologues About Big Issues by Minor Characters. Anyway, Jane has resurrected some of
Kurt Vonnegut's tips for writing, which are useful up to a point. I'm still pondering #7, and the bit about your story getting pneumonia.
--15 Oct 07
I recently had the happy task of guest blogging over at
The Debutante Ball where Deb Danielle and I tossed around the wisdom of the ages, including how does the creative process differ during the writing of non-fiction versus fiction, and what is the role of secret keeping in writing. Also, be sure to check out Danielle's new book,
Falling Under -- reading it is like siddling up to an oxygen bar. It's clean, sharp and zippy. And hilarious. And tragic.
-- 4 Oct 07