Hemingway’s Advice on Writing

HemingwayMy fabulous aunt sent me a great link to brainpickings: Hemingway’s Advice on Writing, Ambition, the Art of Revision, and His Reading List of Essential Books for Aspiring Writers. The article is full of great quotes and a few classic photos of the author, including (yet another) list of his favorite books.

Here’s a list of books any writer should have read as a part of his education… If you haven’t read these, you just aren’t educated. They represent different types of writing. Some may bore you, others might inspire you and others are so beautifully written they’ll make you feel it’s hopeless for you to try to write.
Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway’s Advice on Writing

This post is part of The Hemingway Collection, an archive of essays, images, and hyperlinks to interesting articles about the great American author.

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