BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI In the fall of 1960, Earnest Hemingway and his long-time friend A.E. Hotchner drove frantically to Ketchum, Idaho without taking the time to stop for a drink. For those familiar with the Nobel Prize winning writer’s reputation…
The truth behind Hemingway’s advice to “write drunk, edit sober”
Ernest Hemingway’s famous advice was to “write drunk, edit sober”. Although there is a lot of debate as to whether he actually said this, the question remains: does alcohol help with the writing process? Many brilliant writers were also heavy…
Hemingway’s advice on writing in the first person is a valuable lesson for all writers
BY: ADRIAN SMITH I spent last semester struggling through three first-person narratives, trying to speak on recent experiences that shaped my way of thinking to that point. The writing felt stifled and uncomfortable in its execution—a result of my overthinking…
8 reasons why Hemingway was the most interesting man in the world
BY: TED BARNABY Ernest Hemingway completed seven novels, six short story collections and two non-fiction works in his lifetime—and three more novels, four short story collections and three non-fiction works that were published after his death. He received the Nobel…