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Kurt Vonnegut Story Charts

By Nina Harrington1st April 2011Inspiration and Motivation

Kurt Vonnegut explains drama.

Very interesting post – and a useful way of expressing on a chart the five point story turning points in terms of rising conflict and how we seek drama and excitement in our lives.

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.
Kurt Vonnegut
If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you’re a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.
Kurt Vonnegut
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
Kurt Vonnegut
Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information.
Kurt Vonnegut

Have a great weekend everyone.

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