Stylistic rules to shine on the art of writing.
Kurt Vonnegut is an American novelist, who was born in November 11, 1922 and died in April 11, 2007 at the age of 84. He was one of the greatest writing stylists in the American literature. He was known for his darkly satirical style and his black comedy. Vonnegut used a mixture of science-fiction in the majority of his works. Additionally, he was the president of a humanist association because of his humanist beliefs. In 1980, he wrote an essay to the International Paper Company titled “How to Write With Style”, it was published in the compilation “Power of the Printed Word”. Vonnegut provided eight stylistic advices on the art of writing by giving a lot of tips and concrete examples to excel in our writing style and …show more content…
Vonnegut was from Indianapolis and tried to identify his language and persona in his writing so as to be special. The sixth rule was about saying what we mean to say, he argues about making our points obvious, comprehensible and straightforward so as to be understood by the audience. He mentioned the Picasso and Jazz Idol styles that were confusing and took the audience several minutes to decipher their work. Seventh, Vonnegut emphasizes on considering the audience when we compose our writing because we should be sympathetic to the readers who couldn’t understand a complicated expression and wanted the writer to get directly to the point without complexity that could cause ramble or lack of understanding. He generally supported the idea that “less is more”. Finally, the last advice was a recommendation of “The Elements of Style” by William Strunk and E.B. White. He believed that E.B. White was one of the greatest literary stylists and that he had the perfect and most compelling
Kurt Vonnegut is an American novelist, who was born in November 11, 1922 and died in April 11, 2007 at the age of 84. He was one of the greatest writing stylists in the American literature. He was known for his darkly satirical style and his black comedy. Vonnegut used a mixture of science-fiction in the majority of his works. Additionally, he was the president of a humanist association because of his humanist beliefs. In 1980, he wrote an essay to the International Paper Company titled “How to Write With Style”, it was published in the compilation “Power of the Printed Word”. Vonnegut provided eight stylistic advices on the art of writing by giving a lot of tips and concrete examples to excel in our writing style and …show more content…
Vonnegut was from Indianapolis and tried to identify his language and persona in his writing so as to be special. The sixth rule was about saying what we mean to say, he argues about making our points obvious, comprehensible and straightforward so as to be understood by the audience. He mentioned the Picasso and Jazz Idol styles that were confusing and took the audience several minutes to decipher their work. Seventh, Vonnegut emphasizes on considering the audience when we compose our writing because we should be sympathetic to the readers who couldn’t understand a complicated expression and wanted the writer to get directly to the point without complexity that could cause ramble or lack of understanding. He generally supported the idea that “less is more”. Finally, the last advice was a recommendation of “The Elements of Style” by William Strunk and E.B. White. He believed that E.B. White was one of the greatest literary stylists and that he had the perfect and most compelling