Willy Vlautin Archives

Mar25
Writers Who Make Music Day
I've been pining for more vacations and holidays lately, so I decided to invent one. Happy Writers Who Make Music Day!First, we will celebrate Peacock's Penny Arcade, a rock band staffed by writers, aspiring writers and a couple regular musicians...
Aug30
"It was a real blast, but the writing was slop" : The Art of Writing with Music
Last year, in The Great Writing Music List, Part One, I asked all my readers "what do you listen to when you write?" That's one of the most important questions anybody can ask a writer. A great song can inspire... Continue Reading
"Once you realize the main guts of the novel, then the rest is piecing it together" : How To Structure Your Novel
"We took the bad luck and strapped it around our feet like concrete. We did the worst imaginable thing you could do. We ran away. We just got in his beat-up 1974 Dodge Fury and left."That's the opening of Willy... Continue Reading
Aug29
"Even if you're a commercial failure, music and writing give you gifts" : How To Balance Work and Writing
Besides playing in the rock band, Richmond Fontaine, our special guest this week has worked as a warehouse worker, house painter, and writer.  Today, Willy Vlautin explains how he survived the lean years to write his first novel, The Motel... Continue Reading
Aug28
"Getting to the heart of the story" : How To Revise Your Novel
"Well, I want to hear [a story] about me, I guess. Something good, where I get married or at least get a girl. Maybe I'm famous or something. You could make me rich if you want." That's an excerpt from Willy... Continue Reading
Aug27
"I can drive my friends mad" : The Art of Storytelling
"Bad luck, it falls on people every day. It's one of the only certain truths. It's always on deck, it's always just waiting. The worst thing, the thing that scares me the most is that you never know who or... Continue Reading
 


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