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A review by kevin_shepherd
Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style by Suzanne McConnell, Kurt Vonnegut
4.0
A posthumous Vonnegut publication that is part Kurt and all Suzanne McConnell. A graduate course in creative writing teeming with advice and examples from the man who rewrote the book on creative writing.
Speaking of writing, consider this: when McConnell isn’t writing about writing she is writing about what Vonnegut said and wrote about writing. It occurred to me, as I sat here writing about McConnell writing about Vonnegut writing about writing, that I’ve fallen into something of a wormhole. If, for example, someone were to comment here they would be writing something about my writing about McConnell’s writing about Vonnegut’s writing about writing. Which, paradoxically, brings to mind one of Vonnegut’s cardinal rules of writing: “Avoid repetition.”
Speaking of writing, consider this: when McConnell isn’t writing about writing she is writing about what Vonnegut said and wrote about writing. It occurred to me, as I sat here writing about McConnell writing about Vonnegut writing about writing, that I’ve fallen into something of a wormhole. If, for example, someone were to comment here they would be writing something about my writing about McConnell’s writing about Vonnegut’s writing about writing. Which, paradoxically, brings to mind one of Vonnegut’s cardinal rules of writing: “Avoid repetition.”