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Inspiring words for aspiring writers (along with bits and pieces of the work of NY Times #1 best-selling author Marshall Karp)

Joseph Heller did more than write an American clas

Joseph Heller did more than write an American classic. He redefined logic with this: “Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. If he flew them, he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to, he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.”
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A few years before I started killing people off in

A few years before I started killing people off in books, I wrote Just Looking, a coming of age comedy set in 1955, starring Patti LuPone, Gretchen Mol, Ryan Merriman, and Peter Onorati, and directed by Jason Alexander. If you have fond memories of 1955, The Bronx, or discovering sex, and you have 97 minutes to spare, you can watch it at karpkills.com/my-movie
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Of all the advice from this collection of writing

Of all the advice from this collection of writing giants, this one from Kurt Vonnegut telling me to inflict pain and suffering on my characters is the hardest to follow. .
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If I told you that my Lomax and Biggs characters a

If I told you that my Lomax and Biggs characters are endearing and wildly entertaining, you’d say, “sure, sure.” But when Paul Goat Allen, who has written over 6,000 book reviews for PW, Kirkus, Huff Post, and BN says it, you just might say, “I should go to karpkills.com and read a few sample chapters.”
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If you’re new to these posts you may wonder what

If you’re new to these posts you may wonder what these writers have in common. They tried, they failed, but they never quit trying till they made it. I hope they inspire you. Don’t quit. Write on. •
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