[stylist] Hemingway quote

[Brad Dunse']

In other words, challenge yourself to live beyond your current 
knowledge, and you'll always have something to say. :)

Brad




On 10/10/2011  03:28 PM Bridgit Pollpeter said...
>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
>
>Message: 2
>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
>
>
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