The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, November 11, 2018 - a podcast by Prairie Home Productions

from 2018-11-11T09:00

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It’s the birthday of author Kurt Vonnegut (1922), who advised other writers to "Make characters want something right away — even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.”