[stylist] Hemingway quote

[Homme, James]

Hi Bridget,
Thanks for this. Please help me understand it. Maybe I should read it again when my coffee starts to work.

Jim

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 4:29 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Hemingway quote

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>
To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [stylist] Hemingway quote
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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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