Friday, November 20, 2009

Two Writing Strategies

Hemingway didn’t write descriptive scenes because he didn’t want to imagine settings because he was perpetually drunk. He wanted action and connections. Nuances could go to hell for all he was concerned.
I’ve heard of a writer who believes verbs are killing the English language, and wrote a novel without verbs. The book was two-hundred pages loaded with the static description of a train in motion, from the people huddling inside the frosted windows to the smoke blowing off into the blue night. She was probably not drunk.
I think they’re both right, though I think both their books suck.

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