Kurt Vonneguts tips for novelleskriving

1. Use a time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel that the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
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.
5. Start as close to the end as possible.
6. Be a sadist.
7. Write to please just one person.
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible.

Disse dukker opp med jevne mellomrom over alt, og er slett ikke dårlige tips, tror jeg, men bare dersom man husker at det er tips, ikke regler. Vonnegut var vel ellers ikke på sitt beste i novellesjangeren, han var en roman-mann.