Share 'Tips from Hemingway'

It was on this day,March 4, in 1952 that Ernest Hemingway wrote a letter to his publisher saying he'd just finished a new book — The Old Man and the Sea. Who better than Hemingway to emulate? Rather than embracing the flowery prose of the literati, he chose to eschew obfuscation at every turn and write simply and clearly. So let’s see what Ernest can teach us about effective writing.