[stylist] Hemingway quote

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

An instructor of mine said this once: Writing what you know doesn't
limit you to your current knowledge. Writing what you know is about
seeking information and experiences, not only to write, but to live. To
always be encumbered by your current knowledge will only stunt the
writing process.

I thought this was good advice.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:54:18 -0500
From: Brad Dunse' <lists at braddunsemusic.com>
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Having just finished Hemingway's Old Man of the 
Sea again, love that book, my daughter and I got 
to chatting about him some. So as usual, I hit 
the  internet looking up YouTube clips, Wikepedia 
info (although not necessarily  official), and 
other internet resources. He sure made his way 
around the world, and a bit accident prone as 
well. Nonetheless when it comes to writing I 
think the below is  essential to remember.

"If a writer of prose knows enough of what he is 
writing about he may omit things that he knows 
and the reader, if the writer is writing truly 
enough, will have a feeling of those things as 
strongly as though the writer had stated them. 
The dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to 
only one-eighth of it being above water. A writer 
who omits things because he does not know them 
only makes hollow places in his writing."
?Ernest Hemingway in 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Death_in_the_Afternoon>Death 
in the Afternoon


Brad Dunse