Thursday, July 13, 2006

#1 secret of creative writing

...is to do this, exactly as I spell it out to you:

(1) Make up the most absurd title you can think of

(like

How To Disappear and Be Invisible


or Why Air is Unnecessary

or Headless Soldiers

or I Fall Asleep in the Center of the Planet Pluto

or Complete False Instructions on How To Almost Write a Successful, Poor Selling Novel for Vast and Worthless Profits).

(2) Force yourself to figure out some way to write something based on this bizarre and impossible title.

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