Christi CJ Daugherty/Ava GlassNov 15, 2022

Simply the absolute best advice. The next time someone asks me how they can become a better writer – and a better person! – I'm going to show them this letter.
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RT @MichaelWarbur17
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.

Kurt Vonnegut was the only one to respond.

His reply was a doozy.
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“In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. Kurt Vonnegut was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.”

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Show threadTim JNov 19, 2022
@CJDaugherty This is brilliant, and his spelling of "receptacle" was creative. But that's encouraging: even a great author might not have perfect spelling, and maybe we need to know that being perfect isn't the point . . .
Show threadChristi CJ Daugherty/Ava Glass
@timtfj Absolutely! I never won a spelling bee in my life, and yet I've never been anything but a writer. And I kind of love that spelling isn't writing.
Nov 20, 2022 at 4:32pmWeb