Hemingway's Four Amazing Rules for Writing

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VelocityWriting.com - Ernest Hemingway ultimately shot himself. While he lived he was probably the greatest author in the 20th century.
He had 4 BIG rules for writing and I share them here along with my own commentary.
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@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 6 жыл бұрын
Hemingway's famous 1940 novel is, "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Please excuse the slip of the lip in this video.
@judithrandall4690
@judithrandall4690 3 жыл бұрын
You're forgiven.
@mickeyaugrec7560
@mickeyaugrec7560 3 жыл бұрын
It's a reference to a John Donne poem.
@yurtbastendorf
@yurtbastendorf 3 жыл бұрын
An innocent parapraxis. I survived.
@halffasthaiku7526
@halffasthaiku7526 3 жыл бұрын
You scared me!
@mangstadt1
@mangstadt1 3 жыл бұрын
Inoticed that one. Interestingly, in Spanish the title was shifted to "Por quién doblan las campanas" (For Whom the Bells Toll). Not that I would read Hemingway in Spanish (or any Spanish-language writer in English, for that matter).
@TheStockwell
@TheStockwell 3 жыл бұрын
My favourite literary joke: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" "To die. Alone. In the rain." - Ernest Hemingway
@TombstoneHeart
@TombstoneHeart 3 жыл бұрын
Was that on a dark and stormy night? lol
@glennmiller9768
@glennmiller9768 3 жыл бұрын
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: Because the road had made the chicken cross first. Getting even y'see.
@andreacall3024
@andreacall3024 3 жыл бұрын
This is hilarious. I feel like it sums up all his work.
@johntrojan9653
@johntrojan9653 3 жыл бұрын
On a dark. Stormy. Night.
@normanleach5427
@normanleach5427 3 жыл бұрын
This is a great challenge! Like a koan, I'll cling to it until I'm weary, unsure that the answer will...Papa you fox!
@JohnnyCardinale
@JohnnyCardinale 3 жыл бұрын
In a college English class, best thing I ever learned was, when writing, go ahead and write your paper, and then go back and cross out any words that are not necessary. Seems simple and kind of silly. I used that for years, in anything I wrote and MAN what a help. Best thing I ever learned in college (and.I was a math major). FYI: Hemingway would not have approved of my first sentence in this comment.
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
Great tip!
@maskednil
@maskednil 3 жыл бұрын
Should have applied it to this comment lol. Thanks for the tip.
@JohnnyCardinale
@JohnnyCardinale 3 жыл бұрын
@@maskednil #Truth!
@tropicaldoodad
@tropicaldoodad 3 жыл бұрын
"I learned, write your paper, then cross out unnecessary words." There ya go! It is true.
@PeterPepper93
@PeterPepper93 3 жыл бұрын
@@tropicaldoodad somehow this feels clinical and dry compared to his version
@kingmastersupreme4854
@kingmastersupreme4854 3 жыл бұрын
"The highest form of architecture is the building of a sentence." ~ CHARLES F. HAANEL
@dorianphilotheates3769
@dorianphilotheates3769 3 жыл бұрын
King Master Supreme - Damn!
@davideldred.campingwilder6481
@davideldred.campingwilder6481 3 жыл бұрын
that\s s really good saying. Thank you for it...
@Cherem777
@Cherem777 3 жыл бұрын
Lol any architect will tell you that’s a lie
@scottcowan5096
@scottcowan5096 3 жыл бұрын
@@Cherem777 cute saying, yes. My rule of thumb: don’t read poetry written by engineers and don’t walk across bridges designed by poets.
@Y-Soightnie
@Y-Soightnie 3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to break every one of these rules when you must.
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
I'd say you have made an important comment, Don. Hemingway broke the stodgy 19th century writing rules, and it helped him achieve fame and fortune in the 20th century. We should all be learning from the greats like Hemingway, but we should not be afraid to break rules when we must. In my experience, immature writers break the rules just because they can. They think they are so radical. Sadly, they end up as poor communicators. On the other hand, mature writers know when to break the rules and why they are doing it. We should all be breaking the rules when we must.
@vickielberfeld2014
@vickielberfeld2014 3 жыл бұрын
Hemingway deserves to be read along with many other writers with different styles. Not every writer needs to conform to Hemingway.
@judithrandall4690
@judithrandall4690 3 жыл бұрын
@@VelocityWriting You are a kind and gracious soul.
@happylittletrees5668
@happylittletrees5668 3 жыл бұрын
"Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." Though said by Pablo Picasso it applies to all art forms.
@sadbadmac
@sadbadmac 3 жыл бұрын
@@happylittletrees5668 I think this has been said by every major figure of any art form lol
@nickolaibrowne
@nickolaibrowne 6 жыл бұрын
I don't know how I stumbled upon this. I do know however that this was made with care and expertise in order to instruct and encourage writers everywhere. Thank you
@roivosemraiva
@roivosemraiva 3 жыл бұрын
I must add, as child living in Cuba, I met the original Old Man Of The Sea. All school children visited his , Finca De Hemingway. I did not know what impact meeting this man would make later on. Thank you for your Channel..
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@bhangrafan4480
@bhangrafan4480 3 жыл бұрын
What Hemingway is doing is giving the tips to create a punchy, impactful style of writing, like his own. It is just one style though. His 'rules' create a particular texture and ethos to a story which matched his themes and content. Other writers may wish to create a different texture and ethos to match their own content and preoccupations.
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your intelligent analysis and application. I have said this many times. You said it better.
@robderiche
@robderiche 2 жыл бұрын
Rule #5: Know when to stop editing. In my quest for lean prose, I once starved a story by gradually removing salient details with each pass. The problem was I knew the characters and situations so well after multiple drafts that I unconsciously assumed the reader would be similarly familiar. It was like putting a fresh pencil in a sharpener and grinding until just a nub, thereby missing the point.
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 2 жыл бұрын
You make a good point which is often overlooked.
@user-sw2lv3zp6o
@user-sw2lv3zp6o 2 жыл бұрын
Great point. I totally agree.
@thewalkingwhales218
@thewalkingwhales218 5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love Hemingway. But... Wilde's novel is brilliant, too. I think it is a bit short-sighted to call his style tedious. It just requires a different mind-set to appreciate it.
@kempfreehold9450
@kempfreehold9450 3 жыл бұрын
I concur. Hemingway is like baking soda biscuits. Wilde is like a complicated braided cinnamon bread. Different, but both are good.
@floppabingussled
@floppabingussled 3 жыл бұрын
The late great crime writer Elmore Leonard stated that Hemingway’s work had a profound influence on his writing style. The splendid economy of his writing over a span of over 60 years confirm the lessons he learned by appreciating Hemingway’s approach to effective writing.
@Line...
@Line... 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@brianfergel129
@brianfergel129 3 жыл бұрын
Charles Dickens was my earliest realization of differing and personal writing styles, but now is the time to find, adapt, readapt, or merely ontinue to sharpen that individual writing style by any & virtually every human alive, The written word has never been as strong, so the Internet has been sculpting far greater communications for humanity.
@lgude
@lgude Жыл бұрын
I greatly admire Hemingway but also Wilde and many other prose stylists who used long sentences, full of dependent clauses, which mimic both in form and content the variety of subtle and contradictory impulses of the human condition while at the same time induct the reader into the broad and majestic river of language that draws one forward into a mellifluous immersion in the music of language which differs only in kind, not in quality, to the mountain brook clarity of Earnest Hemingway.
@dumbboi4783
@dumbboi4783 Жыл бұрын
That was such a beautiful paragraph
@johnwgarrett1
@johnwgarrett1 Жыл бұрын
Well put. ;v)
@hughjass6646
@hughjass6646 Жыл бұрын
I'm a visual artist writing a work statement at the moment. For me, Hemigway's style is akin to minimalist contemporary art. The key words here are -- "laconic" and "impact". Wilde is decorative arts, William Morris tapestry, Renaissance motifs. Both are hugely important for building good taste in all sorts of abstract thinking. But Hemingway is another level of modernity and relevance
@user-ux9bg4ue3r
@user-ux9bg4ue3r 10 ай бұрын
so beautiful words
@Matty88K
@Matty88K 3 жыл бұрын
'The Boy in the Bubble' by Paul Simon is strikingly Hemingway in the opening lyric: "It was a slow day And the sun was beating On the soldiers by the side of the road There was a bright light A shattering of shop windows The bomb in the baby carriage Was wired to the radio." Echoes of Hemingway dispatches from In Our Time. One paragraph tells the entire story. Only two adjectives.
@TheJJO
@TheJJO 3 жыл бұрын
I really liked the positive versus negative point, as I've never heard it before.
@jeffreycrawley1216
@jeffreycrawley1216 3 жыл бұрын
Rule 5: write drunk, edit sober. Rule 6: marry a wife who can correct your bad spelling and poor punctuation.
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
Ha! We can all add our own rules. One of my personal rules is to fact-check. For example, "the write drunk, edit sober" thing is part of lore and not accurate. Ernest Hemingway put to rest rumors about the role of alcohol in his writing. He said, "My training was never to drink after dinner nor before I wrote nor while I was writing." Of course, we all probably know from experience we can't edit when we are under the influence of anything. Cognitive brain function is severely diminished. A spouse of friend correcting your work? Hmm. I discuss that in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpzLi4ahgMh8hqs
@subscribe_to_bimble
@subscribe_to_bimble 3 жыл бұрын
I'm married to a girl named Grammarly.
@a.bagasm.7253
@a.bagasm.7253 3 жыл бұрын
@@subscribe_to_bimble damn
@user-gc1ee2rw1o
@user-gc1ee2rw1o 3 жыл бұрын
Most of his style is almost identical to what is taught in journalism courses.
@peterpuleo2904
@peterpuleo2904 3 жыл бұрын
Yes. I enjoyed many of his short stories, and I liked "The Old Man and the Sea". I also liked his nonfiction "Death in the Afternoon". I never finished anything else he wrote because his sparse language lacked flair, and got boring.
@tacktful
@tacktful 3 жыл бұрын
@@peterpuleo2904 this is the risk. It's frustrating when writing courses suggest we write like Hemingway. His style is not appropriate for all writers, or writing, by any means, and is based in its own metaphysics and world view. Still, good to have in your toolkit 👍
@odile8701
@odile8701 3 жыл бұрын
Yep. But literature isn’t really journalism, is it? They kinda serve different purposes. Journalism is to inform. Literature should entertain and inspire, at least in my view.
@dragonchr15
@dragonchr15 3 жыл бұрын
@@tacktful this. Hemingway wrote at a time when reading was a pursuit for high faluting educated types....so he broke from convention and wrote like a layman which made his books an easy read for even the most barely literate person....
@obiwanfisher537
@obiwanfisher537 3 жыл бұрын
@@peterpuleo2904 I never understood why Hemingway is supposed to be the best. Luckily Im not alone.
@rafdecc
@rafdecc 3 жыл бұрын
JUST THE NAME HEMINGWAY MADE ME WANT TO VISIT KEY WEST FLORIDA FOR YEARS. NOW AT 75, I DID SO A FEW MONTHS AGO. THE TOUR OF HEMINGWAY'S HOME WAS UNIQUE AS WAS THE TOUR GUIDE FROM GERMANY, A STUDIED IN FRANCE. THE WALLS OF EVERY ROOM DESCRIBED SOME PART OF HEMINGWAY'S LIFE. FOR SOME REASON I RELATED MY LIFE TO HIM AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. PERHAPS MY LOVE OF CATS, AS HIS FELINE PALS REMAIN IN ANCESTRAL DNA, AND ARE BURIED ON SITE. HE WROTE FROM 6 AM TO 1230 THEN WENT DEEP SEA FISHING ONE OF HIS LOVES. HE WOULD VISIT IDAHO TO HUNT IN WINTER, AND NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY BEING BORN IN KANSAS. I WALKED THE STREETS AND VISITED OPEN AIR RESTAURANTS JUST IMAGINING HIS PRESENTS. THAN YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
@ibjmac187
@ibjmac187 3 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine had his wedding at the Hemingway House in Key West. When I went to Paris a few years ago, my favorite part was walking the streets and finding the places Hemingway wrote about in A Moveable Feast. I'm also a big fan of Ken Burns' documentaries so I've been waiting to watch this for years, since whenever they first announced it. 2021 felt so far away.
@richardsaxecoburg3872
@richardsaxecoburg3872 3 жыл бұрын
Stop shouting at us!
@rickausten7013
@rickausten7013 3 жыл бұрын
The same rules easily apply to navigating Marriage, Career and your horrific new neighbors.
@spacedoohicky
@spacedoohicky 3 жыл бұрын
The writing positive rule really makes sense. Positive language is much more precise. If you say, "I did not feel good." that could mean you were feeling bad, or neutral. Negative language always bothers me for this reason. Inversely I think the rule can be broken for dialogue. Since realistic characters won't follow the rule, and also people use ambiguity to fool others. It might actually harm a story to have all the characters speaking, or thinking in positive language.
@putinsgaytwin4272
@putinsgaytwin4272 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining. I never understood what was wrong with it
@shawneasley1735
@shawneasley1735 Жыл бұрын
I'm going to start writing this year. Short stories and poems for the next twelve months. My life experiences can influence your free will. This is your one and only warning 🙂
@cappy2282
@cappy2282 3 жыл бұрын
In my opinion "A farewell to arms" is his best
@thomasdobson2331
@thomasdobson2331 3 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@lucymiller6616
@lucymiller6616 3 жыл бұрын
Short sentences, long sentences. It's about pacing and variation.
@christinemo9622
@christinemo9622 3 жыл бұрын
Can I add another great piece of advice? George Orwell told us to go over our work and cut out as many adjectives as possible. When we think we are done, cut out one more.
@estebanb7166
@estebanb7166 3 жыл бұрын
I love Orwell's writing, but I'm also a fan of judiciously deployed adjectives. I'm torn.
@PeterPepper93
@PeterPepper93 3 жыл бұрын
@@estebanb7166 being torn is compound interest for writing. if you like both, obey the 80/20 rule to have constraint. if constraint is a creative blocker, put on paper how you would best sum up your topic orally. if none of this helps, put up a corpus of 3 texts coming from your Praise list, observe yourself resonating with some parts of the text. try to get into that state of mind and scream write it. another one that helped greatly for me was "write drunk, edit sober" good luck
@James-bv4nu
@James-bv4nu 3 жыл бұрын
Beg to differ. Adjectives tell the story. Yes, they must be crisp, and apropos; but they are essential to a description. Without adjectives, every story would just be "Boy Meets Girl." But when you have, say, "Homely Boy Meets Beautiful Girl", now you have a story.
@Ekkobelli
@Ekkobelli 3 жыл бұрын
@@estebanb7166 Agreed. I was taught: "If you come across an adjective: Kill it." (Can't remember who said that.) I applied it on all my texts and stories, only to end up with precise, on-point albeit clinical, dead prose. I now use adjectives again, but only very specific ones, mostly weird, unexpected ones that help define characters in subtle, almost subtextual ways. I think this is the way. Mostly, when people tell you: "Don't do this or that AT ALL" or "always do this" they're not right. There's always middle ground. Which is where your personal truth lies.
@ChefMike2
@ChefMike2 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ekkobelli You don’t need adjectives to provide descriptions. Turn “It was a rainy or cloudy or windy or stormy day” to “The clouds had hidden the sun. “As the wind showed no mercy. Trees danced in solidarity, shaking off their leaves. And water had dominated the streets.” No adjectives but still vividly written.
@pspaulstewartinterviewinspires
@pspaulstewartinterviewinspires 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for creating this tutorial featuring the skills of Ernest Hemingway. Cheers!
@user-ke5it6hr8d
@user-ke5it6hr8d 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir. I'll be pleased to watch another video about Jack London's Style of writing. keep up your work.
@johansiebers3579
@johansiebers3579 3 жыл бұрын
Love Hemingway. There‘s before Hemingway and after Hemingway.
@ubertwerpify
@ubertwerpify 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for contributing this!!
@Roger-mz4lx
@Roger-mz4lx 3 жыл бұрын
Be confident when you write, don't be afraid to be unconventional. I've used the word "But" to start a sentence when I felt it was needed. And yes the best work will indeed have 3 maybe 4 draft's.
@nikolatesla5553
@nikolatesla5553 3 жыл бұрын
These are great tips. Especially about the need for rewriting.. The story is created in the first draft. Rewriting transforms it into something readable. A third and maybe a fourth rewrite turn it into something others might actually want to read.
@mariamkinen8036
@mariamkinen8036 3 жыл бұрын
" For whom the bell tolls", "The old man n the sea" I love his style
@dlou3264
@dlou3264 3 жыл бұрын
POSITIVELY great advice! Thank you!
@mayarafavarao644
@mayarafavarao644 3 жыл бұрын
A Farewell to Arms is probably his most beloved and most enduring novel.
@sambobaggins9188
@sambobaggins9188 Жыл бұрын
Solid. Thank you for making this!
@nobeerlion3991
@nobeerlion3991 3 жыл бұрын
I am writing in German and always looking for helpful input. Thank you for this. Very precious.
@williammorse8330
@williammorse8330 4 жыл бұрын
thank you.... the Hemingway personification in Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" comes to mind..... well done. short clips from a small town or city neighborhood..... punch writing...... works.
@Mr7valentine7
@Mr7valentine7 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for reminding!
@berrinmina8159
@berrinmina8159 6 жыл бұрын
I'm an English Language and Literature student and I've just found your channel and I love it! Your speech is very clear and understandable!
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Much appreciated. Please spread the word about this channel.
@raintelefilm
@raintelefilm 3 жыл бұрын
@@VelocityWriting you are the most humble 'tone" that I ever heard, requesting so softly to subscribe. No wonder I became a fan.
@murtadah6327
@murtadah6327 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this informative/educative video on writing; that too, the tips coming from the best writer, Ernest Hemingway.
@car_carrie
@car_carrie 3 жыл бұрын
Hemingway is amazing! Thank you for sharing these golden rules!
@Anna-mc3ll
@Anna-mc3ll 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Very interesting advices!
@felixfifeauthor
@felixfifeauthor 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Clear and concise, like Hemingway himself
@FrankPhillips1952
@FrankPhillips1952 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this series of how the great ones write.
@jericovildoza4633
@jericovildoza4633 Жыл бұрын
Happy i saw this. Still getting used to rewriting drafts. Was formerly a 1st drafr writer.
@flamindigo
@flamindigo Жыл бұрын
The text was concise. The four rules were good advice.
@eatzandeatz
@eatzandeatz 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video about Hemingway's writing style. I love it.
@brownstudios5379
@brownstudios5379 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tips!
@isabellerajottecorpo
@isabellerajottecorpo 3 жыл бұрын
So Informative .thank you
@thefast1367
@thefast1367 3 жыл бұрын
Powerful video. Thanks for the writing tips.
@andrealupercio4265
@andrealupercio4265 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This is helpful.
@mariaceballos7366
@mariaceballos7366 3 жыл бұрын
I completely understand and agree with this advice, and what I like the most is the short and clear explanation. John did an excellent job. Thanks.
@paulamalves
@paulamalves 3 жыл бұрын
This video is great. Thank you. Love it really handy.
@maliceburgoyne495
@maliceburgoyne495 6 жыл бұрын
I like how simple and concise this video was. No carrion no waste.
@corylalexander
@corylalexander 5 жыл бұрын
Hemingway would approve.
@Heart2HeartBooks
@Heart2HeartBooks 3 жыл бұрын
Now, cross out Concise and Carrion.
@adrianavitzileou5198
@adrianavitzileou5198 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the innovative approach!
@maheshyadav993
@maheshyadav993 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful Video! Thanks for sharing your ideas!
@ComeDownToEarth
@ComeDownToEarth 3 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS! Thank you! I've watched it 4 times, and I'm subscribing now. I didn't know he was a KC Gentleman
@dalee.manolakasauthorofleg7840
@dalee.manolakasauthorofleg7840 6 жыл бұрын
A wonderful review of Hemingway's style. Thank you. Dale E. Manolakas, Legal Thriller writer
@strictlyyoutube6881
@strictlyyoutube6881 3 жыл бұрын
What’s a legal thriller?
@utulangi6078
@utulangi6078 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tips.
@alhenderson1255
@alhenderson1255 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, very helpful!
@Madhu2405
@Madhu2405 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent episode. I am currently trying to overcome my block.
@filmmakerdkb1980
@filmmakerdkb1980 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks sir... Awesome teaching
@josephkelley8641
@josephkelley8641 Жыл бұрын
Thanks DL been following this Hemingway advice for a long time (since after grad school). Made me a much better writer - and just as importantly? A lot EASIER read! Re: short sentences and paragraphs. Mine USED to be like the long and winding road! Great piece DL
@annamariemallari2875
@annamariemallari2875 Жыл бұрын
Thank you po 🤗
@c.s.hayden3022
@c.s.hayden3022 2 жыл бұрын
Henry James probably epitomizes the long sentence. His late work had a distinctly ornate beauty, but this advice cuts to what strikes an impression most effectively and is a world more useful.
@Kenji.95
@Kenji.95 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Very interesting.
@josenavas9968
@josenavas9968 3 жыл бұрын
Very good advice. I was prepared to discard what you were about to say? After listening I found myself agreeing with you! "Keep it short and sweet" In today reality of texting. Keep one thoughts to 15 to 20 words so it can be read.
@SebastianS72
@SebastianS72 4 жыл бұрын
Nothing what I never heard before, but a very good explanation video. TY
@aldolopez8541
@aldolopez8541 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you.
@VonEssek
@VonEssek 3 жыл бұрын
Hemingway is Hemingway. Style should depend on the subject matter and the author's voice; another author might prefer longer sentences and have a very good reason, too. And then you have the issue of different rhythm, syntax, etc. of various languages. It seems to me that "short" rules are arbitrary. Hemingway liked it that way, good for him. Years ago, Stephen King proposed eradicating adverbs altogether. Nonsense. There are very few rock-solid advice for writing and they are mostly not about style, but story, for example: to have some kind of conflict.
@stephenmctier8508
@stephenmctier8508 3 жыл бұрын
exactly! this video is advice on how to write like Hemingway, not how to write in general (or 'in specific'!). create your own style, but certainly writing is rewriting and rewriting and rewriting...
@evinnra2779
@evinnra2779 3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more! My first rule for writing is that it is good to have something actually interesting to write about. Second rule, write the first chapter or paragraph last. Third rule, rewrite and rewrite until the rhythm is right.
@johneyon5257
@johneyon5257 3 жыл бұрын
agreed - i have read a couple writers on writing - and watched his video - and will watch others in the future - but not to let their style wholly supplant mine - but instead to gain some perspective on the art - and adopt what fits me - and ignore what doesn't
@richaverma23
@richaverma23 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video
@grimmdanny
@grimmdanny 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. This helped a lot.
@tomlavelle2333
@tomlavelle2333 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for these enlightening tips.
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@annward7794
@annward7794 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you this was great
@mubashirhassan614
@mubashirhassan614 Жыл бұрын
Appreciate sir ! On monday myy paper is going to be excellent thanks to u sirr ❤️
@AWildBard
@AWildBard 3 жыл бұрын
I loved "The Old Man and the Sea." The story is simple and powerful. I keep thinking about it.
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
I re-read it a few months ago. It is so haunting, so human. We all need to have more strength of spirit like the old man. It's a worthwhile read for the COVID-19 era or anytime.
@CEO_success
@CEO_success 3 жыл бұрын
AWildBard me too I read it in my own language. It was simple short and strong
@kingcaesar5
@kingcaesar5 3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesaritchie1 love the movie and especially Spencer Tracy but we have to admit he didn’t look like a starving fisherman.
@casodreyfuszola
@casodreyfuszola 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Thanks a lot.
@anitacassara6074
@anitacassara6074 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the lesson.
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@larrygarner1413
@larrygarner1413 2 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@doctorartphd6463
@doctorartphd6463 3 жыл бұрын
Yes...use short everything. Keep it simple. And keep refining your work to keep it sharp, crisp, and brief. Good luck.
@profvarma1
@profvarma1 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Useful. Effective.
@yonathanasefaw9001
@yonathanasefaw9001 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this videos, I am a writer myself so this is pretty helpful. I tried reading Hemmingway's short stories and they are awkward to read (If I can remember correctly.) but I find Hemmingway's life fascinating.
@keywestdave3687
@keywestdave3687 3 жыл бұрын
You will enjoy visiting the Hemingway Home and Museum someday. You will get a lot out of it.
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
Good reminder, Dave. I've been to the Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West. Writers will have a positive experience visiting the place where he lived and worked from 1931 to 1939. I've also visited a few of his hangouts in Paris.
@user-ed7pu5uj3q
@user-ed7pu5uj3q 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Very informative!
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@RobertSJHu
@RobertSJHu 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of writing tips from Ernest Hemingway !!!! Gratefully, Robert S.J. Hu September 8, 2020.
@crazylessons1076
@crazylessons1076 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your help
@fernandopiazentin3350
@fernandopiazentin3350 3 жыл бұрын
Favor completed!!!!!! Best regards from Brazil.
@barmaley1982
@barmaley1982 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. To the point. Thank you.
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@anjaneyuluasr3591
@anjaneyuluasr3591 3 жыл бұрын
Excallent and benefitful guidance
@RayW....
@RayW.... 3 жыл бұрын
I subbed because you look like my 6th grade science teacher.The difference is you have a personality.
@cowboyyoga
@cowboyyoga 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video! )))
@mellingmichael777
@mellingmichael777 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your helpful video! I'm embarking on my own writing project that seems a bit daunting with my very modest writing skills, and so these Hemmingway Rules can only help.:-) I also appreciate that you left distracting background music out which has resulted with me Subscribing! Again, thanks much!
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 6 жыл бұрын
Ha! I agree. Mentors like myself don't use background music when they teach,. Do I ever use background music? Yes, and you'll know for sure it is a short promotional advertisement. :)
@carlodiverso
@carlodiverso 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice, Inspiration!
@KJKP
@KJKP 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Worth watching.
@ShotDownInFlames2
@ShotDownInFlames2 3 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@maestrotv3351
@maestrotv3351 3 жыл бұрын
I'd enjoying a lot about the concept of writing I learned more from you Mr. VelocityWriting I briefly open my curiosity in writing. thank you and Godbless
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Also, thank you for subscribing to my YT channel.
@duinay3
@duinay3 3 жыл бұрын
I will use these tips thanks
@FalloutUrMum
@FalloutUrMum 3 жыл бұрын
When you mentioned extended sentences, I immediately remembered reading John Locke who sometimes seems to fill more than a page with one sentence
@VelocityWriting
@VelocityWriting 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, but that may be the main reason (along with his subject matter) why Locke does not sell many books. For example, his Oxford collection has average sales of $67 per month on Amazon. Meanwhile, just one Hemingway book, "A Farewell to Arms" is still selling at the rate of $ 10,240 per month. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is doing $8,275 per month on Amazon. Those are the only two Hemingway titles I checked. So, short sentences win! :-) Of course, I hope you see I'm just playing. My facts are correct, but you need to consider the subject matter. That said, someone could probably make a load of money today if they re-wrote Locke so his circumlocutious sentences were more accessible to today's readers.
@Calligraphybooster
@Calligraphybooster 3 жыл бұрын
Hemingway is great. No doubts about that. But his rules are about dealing whith bad readers more than about what good writing is.
@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy
@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy 3 жыл бұрын
Great commentary
@VictorSeremet
@VictorSeremet 3 жыл бұрын
Great tips!
@henrieiane
@henrieiane 3 жыл бұрын
Just subcribed. This is an awesome video for my report!
@samuelaghogho363
@samuelaghogho363 2 жыл бұрын
Good Show
@kingsta4145
@kingsta4145 Жыл бұрын
Great video!
@francesbeltran7763
@francesbeltran7763 4 жыл бұрын
I love this.
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