Advice from Papa Hemingway
“[W]rite when there is something that you know; and not before; and not too damned much after.”
—Ernest Hemingway
(1899-1961) writer
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• Editorial Comment: That sure would reduce the amount of noise in the system.
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Ted, I didn't know about the blog. I must've missed that class. But it's bookmarked now. Have a good holiday.
ReplyDeleteThat explains why there's a whole lot of writing about nothing, especially by political commentators in the corporate media.
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