Just the name Ernest Hemingway conjures up ideas about some of the best and most succinct writing of all time. But you can't compare yourself to legends. These pillars of writing are people just like us. They may not have sat in front of laptops with YouTube low-fi beats playing, but they had to pound out their ideas no matter what. In fact, Hemingway had a three-step exercise he used to crack ideas. And it wasn't sitting at home and hoping the words flow. It was getting out into the world. So today, I want to dive into that process and talk about how you can use it for your own work. Let's dive in. Write Like Hemingway Like most writers, I'll do anything to break out of my comfort zone. so when I hear about different exercises or steps, I like to try them out to see if I can extract my best ideas. According to this video, when Hemingway sat down to write, he liked to tackle his ideas by putting them through this litmus test. 1. Observing Closely Hemingway would go out into the world and find a situation – anything from a busy cafe to a quiet park bench. Then he'd watch everyone and everything carefully to see what was going on there. He'd write down the details and the environment. Then, he would try to capture exactly what you saw in words. The goal here is precision; fight the urge to be vague and instead describe...
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