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Michael O'Donohue - How to Write Good

Michael O'Donohue -1981

Favorite Quote: "Television is just like a lava lamp with only slightly better audio"

Michael O'Donohue Saturday Night Live and National Lampoon writer writes this classic piece entitled "How to write good". Feel free to pass the link the Maureen Dowd...

Excerpt:

"A long time ago, when I was just starting out, I had the good fortune to meet the great Willa Cather. With all the audacity of youth, I asked her what advice she would give the would-be-writer and she replied:

"My advice to the would-be-writer is that he start slowly, writing short undemanding things, things such as telegrams, flip-books, crank letters, signature scarves, spot quizzes, capsule summaries, fortune cookies and errata. Then, when he feels he's ready, move up to the more challenging items such as mandates, objective correlatives, passion plays, pointless diatribes, minor classics, manifestos, mezzotints, oxymora, exposes, broadsides, and papal bulls".

Posted @ April 26, 2005 03:03 PM | Current Affairs

Posted by: mythusmage at April 26, 2005 09:31 PM