A novel of my own...?

If I were to write my book, it would be far different from Vonnegut's Slaughter House Five. There are a number of things I don't really enjoy about the book, including the lack of suspense. Vonnegut seems to think that there  should be no suspense in novels so that people can brew on the ideas of the novel presented. I don't think this is correct. By removing suspense, (Vonnegut reveals the entire plot in the first and second chapter) Vonnegut removes an integral part of the entertainment.

If I were to write my own novel, I would stay away from basing my book off of morals and philosophy for the reason that nearly every idea has been thought up, explored and criticized. I would write my book based on entertainment, a fantasy book no doubt. I don't think that there would be much for me to base the book on, other than perhaps some of the characters. The majority of it would be inspired by my own creativity. One of the books I very much enjoyed was the Eragon cycle. It was one of those amazing series that have their own world and fantasy. Yet, the public does not learn anything other than the ability to connect with the world being explained and perhaps receive entertainment.

Besides, as one of my first books, I don't think I would be up to writing something deep and philosophical. However, what I would be interested in following, would be some of Vonnegut's rules:

 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.

2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.

3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

4. Every sentence must do one of two things -- reveal character or advance the action.

5. Start as close to the end as possible.

6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader may see what they are made of.

7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

There is not yet a clear idea of what exactly my fantasy book will be about, but I know that I will apply some of the things I have learned from Vonnegut, and avoid some of the mistakes too. So I suppose the basis of my work would be to entertain my readers, with creativity and fantasy that anyone can appreciate, and of course will lead me to riches! (Perhaps then I can contemplate the meaning of the world, from my lofty heights of my private jet). 

-Daniel