![]() ![]() Ernest helpfully gives a list of books that he was reading at this point in his Paris soujourn. Dealer’s choice, but if you go for making love, you should still follow it up with reading. Reading is key!Īs a ( usually) family-friendly blog, we’ll stick with the reading here. They are typical Hemingway: read books (only good books, of course!) or make love. You could lose your place or the plot entirely! He had some specific suggestions for your distractions. You don’t want to let the story run out ahead of you. Second, once you have stopped for the day, distraction is key. “I had learned already to never empty the well of my writing but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.” Here we get even further direction:įirst, never write until you are out of ideas, but stop with some still left in “the well”: ![]() ![]() We learned earlier that he writes every day. Let’s check out some of Ernest’s tips from our chapters: Stop Before You’re Done As a writer, of course I drink these up, even if they don’t all work for me. ![]()
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