Ernest Hemingway in 3 and 1/2 minutes

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1. Hayseed says:

   02/06/2023 at 4:44 PM

   Yeah, Hemingway’s writing style is simplified, straightforward, stripped down and direct, not at all difficult to adopt as one’s own or to parody. It seems to have been a reaction against the florid prose of the 19th century. Credit where credit is due; between reading his writing and internalizing the commands found in Strunk and White’s Elements of Style I managed to trim back and reshape the wooly and often incoherent prose I used to write as a teenager. Strunk’s “Omit needless words!” and “Use the active voice!” and Hemingway’s “Get to the damn point already!” are embedded in my subconscious for good now.

   I like some of Hemingway’s early writing but the man chose the wrong side in the Spanish Civil War and in my opinion this is a black mark against him and his legacy.

   Funny video, I actually lol’d a few times.

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