{"id":113,"date":"2014-06-30T01:23:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T01:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zelda23publishing.com\/fktressle\/?p=113"},"modified":"2014-06-30T01:23:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T01:23:17","slug":"advice-from-a-couple-of-american-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ridetowrite.com\/?p=113","title":{"rendered":"Advice from a couple of American masters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two of my favorite American writers followed an all-to-common path of living fast and dying hard. Jack Kerouac’s work is still affecting American culture forty-five years after his untimely death at age forty-nine. Take a look at his Nine Essentials for Writing Spontaneous Prose<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hunter S. Thompson was a molder of popular American opinion for several decades. HST also wrestled with weightier questions of life. Maria Popova captures that essence in 20-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson’s Superb Advice on How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Meaningful Life<\/a>. It would seem Hunter gave up on looking when he placed his favorite .44 to his head and blew his brains out at the age of\u00a0 sixty-seven.<\/p>\n

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It’s a pity that substance fueled demons robbed us of a couple of American originals. But at least their writings live on.<\/p>\n

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