28 Tips For Writing Stories From Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway & F

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Mostwritersfindtheirindividualvoiceonlyaftertheysojournthroughperiodsof
imitation.Thoughitsanexcellentwaytoappropriateexperimentaltechniquesand
moveoutofcomfortableruts,imitationcanonlytakeussofar.Butmoreprescriptive
guidelinesfromfamousauthorscanofferwaystorefineourindividualstylesand
visions.Advice,forexample,fromsuchaclearandsuccincttheoristasKurtVonnegut
cangoaverylongwayindeedforaspiringfictionwriters.
Anotherreasonforappreciatinggreatwritershowtoguidelinesaccordswiththe
injunctionweoftenhear:toread,read,readasmuchaspossible.LearninghowWilliam
Faulknerconceivedofhiscraftcangiveususefulinsightsintohisnovels.Whatdid
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Wecananswerthelastquestionbyreferencetosevenwritingtipswepreviously
compiledfromlecturesandQ&AsessionsFaulknerconductedwhileservingaswriter
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inresidenceattheUniversityofVirginiafrom1957to58.Thefirsttip?Takewhatyou
needfromotherwriters.Tothatend,weoffersevenwritingtipseachfromfour
Americangreats(or28tipsintotal).Aswriters,werefreetotakeorleavetheir
guidelinesasreaderswemayalwaysfindtheirphilosophiesofkeeninterest.
WilliamFaulkner:
TakeWhatYouNeedFromOtherWriters
DuringawritingclassonFebruary25,1957,Faulknersaidthefollowing:
Ithinkthewriter,asIvesaidbefore,iscompletelyamoral.Hetakes
whateverheneeds,whereverheneeds,andhedoesthatopenlyand
honestlybecausehehimselfhopesthatwhathedoeswillbegoodenough
sothatafterhimpeoplewilltakefromhim,andtheyarewelcometotake
fromhim,ashefeelsthathewouldbewelcomebythebestofhis
predecessorstotakewhattheyhaddone.
Faulknersadvicecanhelptremendouslyatleastinapsychologicalsensethosewriters
whomighthavequalmsaboutstealingfromothers.Youhavepermissiontodoso
fromnoneotherthanperhapsthegreatestAmericanmodernistwriterofthemall.
Faulkneralsosaidtheyoungwriterwouldbeafooltofollowatheory,apieceof
advicewemightbearinmindasweperusefamouswritingtheories.Thegoodartist,
hesaid,believesthatnobodyisgoodenoughtogivehimadvice.
SeethefulllistofFaulknersseventipshere.
ErnestHemingway:
FaulknersmodernistfoilandsometimerivalErnestHemingwayhadsome
characteristicallypragmaticadviceforbuddingwriters.Likemanywriterstips,someof
hisadvicemaydolittlebuthelpyouwritemorelikeHemingway.Andsomeofit,like
useapencil,isperfectlyuselessifyouvealreadyfoundyourpreferredmethodof
working.Oneguideline,however,isintriguinglycounterintuitive.Hemingwaycounsels
usto
NeverThinkabouttheStoryWhenYoureNotWorking
ThisisonethingFaulknerandHemingwaymightagreeon.InanEsquirearticle,
HemingwaydescribeshisexperienceduringthecompositionofAMoveableFeast,one
Faulknercharacterizesinhiswritingadviceasneverexhaustyourimagination.
WhenIwaswriting,itwasnecessaryformetoreadafterIhadwritten.
Ifyoukeptthinkingaboutit,youwouldlosethethingyouwerewriting
beforeyoucouldgoonwithitthenextday.Itwasnecessarytoget
exercise,tobetiredinthebody,anditwasverygoodtomakelovewith
whomyouloved.Thatwasbetterthananything.Butafterwards,when
youwereempty,itwasnecessarytoreadinordernottothinkorworry
aboutyourworkuntilyoucoulddoitagain.Ihadlearnedalreadynever
toemptythewellofmywriting,butalwaystostopwhentherewasstill
somethingthereinthedeeppartofthewell,andletitrefillatnightfrom
thespringsthatfedit.
ReadallofHemingways7writingtipshere.
F.ScottFitzgerald:
Despitehisreputationasanundisciplinedandmessywriter,Fitzgeraldhassomeofthe
mostpracticaltipsofallfororganizingyourideas.Oneofhismorephilosophical
prescriptionstakesasimilartoneasHemingwaysinregardtotheprivateworldofthe
imagination:
DontDescribeYourWorkinProgresstoAnyone
Fitzgeraldofferedthispieceofadviceina1940lettertohisdaughter,Scottie,writing,
Ithinkitsaprettygoodrulenottotellwhatathingisaboutuntilits
finished.Ifyoudoyoualwaysseemtolosesomeofit.Itneverquite
belongstoyousomuchagain.
Thisseemstomeagoodpieceofadviceforholdingontothemagicofacreatively
imaginedworld.Tryingtosummarizeagoodstoryinbriefliketryingtoexplainajoke
generallyhastheeffectoftakingallthefunoutofit.
ReadFitzgeralds7tipsforwritershere.
EdgarAllanPoe:
Finally,wereachbacktothe19thcentury,tothefatheroftheAmericangothicandthe
detectivestory,EdgarAllanPoe,whohadsomeveryspecific,veryPoethingstosay
abouttheartoffiction.InhisessayThePhilosophyofComposition,Poefocuseson
howtoachievewhathevaguelycalledaunityofeffect,thequalityhedesiredmostto
produceinhisnarrativepoemTheRaven.PerhapstheclearestpieceofadvicePoe
offersinhistreatiseis:
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KnowtheEndinginAdvance,BeforeYouBegintoWrite
Youwilllikelyfindotherauthorswhoadviseagainstthisandtellyoutowriteyourway
totheend.BearinginmindFaulknersdisclaimerthatwewouldbefooltofollowa
theorywemightatleasttrythispracticeandseeifitworksforusasitdidforPoe.As
hedescribedit,nothingismoreclearthanthateveryplot,worththename,mustbe
elaboratedtoitsdnouementbeforeanythingbeattemptedwiththepen.
Keepingtheendconstantlyinview,wrotePoe,givesaplotitsindispensableairof
consequence.Poesadviceappliestoshortworksthatcanbereadinasinglesitting,the
onlyoneshegenerallyallowscanachieveunityofeffect.Novelwritingisdifferent.I
dontknowifitsnecessarytofullyknowtheendingofashortstorybeforeonebegins,
butVonnegutcounselswriterstostartasclosetotheendaspossiblewhenwriting
one.
SeePoesfulllistof7tipshere.
Shouldyoudesiremorewritingadvice,youllfindnoshortagehereatOpenCulture,
fromwritersasdiverseasStephenKing,ToniMorrison,RobertoBolao,H.P.
Lovecraft,HarukiMurakami,RayBradbury,andmanymore.Whetherornotwedecide
totakeanyoftheiradvice,italwaysopensawindowontotheirartofcreatingfictional
worlds,whichcanseemtomanyofusacreativeactakintomagic.
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