Thanks for that

So Kurt Vonnegut is gone and someone needs to step up and try to fill those absurd shoes. Where to start, where to start?

I know: I will look for inspiration in a shamefully neglected dust-collector right here on my desk! Fantastic!

Okay, this is what "The Observation Deck: A Tool Kit for Writers" has to tell me about trying to fill Kurt's absurd shoes:

ZOOM in and out
follow the SCENT
start with a TITLE
learn from the masters

Oh.

I think Master Kurt Vonnegut would say "There is nothing more useless than all that fucking how-to-write crap."

Have a great time wherever you are, my friend.