Thank you for compiling his best advice! Hemingway's response and suggestion to his friend wondering why he made him cry so much in his book is priceless!
@Bookfox
Күн бұрын
Ha ha, I know, Hemingway is so Hemingway!
@KH-hn3nu
2 күн бұрын
Writing with your body! Huge insight. Going to put that and the iceberg to use on these drafts
@adriang6259
Күн бұрын
You know, that advice about leaving something before you revise it, is so true. Even when you think it's perfect, wait a while. Write something else, read a bunch or go on a holiday then come back. Fresh eyes see every fault. Well mostly. Or they aren't fresh enough. I was at a night with Raymond E Feist and he said give your characters some weird quirk, and the reference was a character who liked to eat raw onions as if they were apples.
@Joerideabike
Күн бұрын
This is so true in many things. I taught 1st grade. My little scholars would come back smarter after a two week Christmas break. Other teachers could verify this.
@sultanalshirah
2 күн бұрын
Welcome back. I needed to watch this again. People in 2025 will never know the lore behind this video. Oh wait... Nevermind 😅.
@grumpyhannibal3909
Күн бұрын
I love your videos! Very helpful and inspiring. And also I really appreciate how you deliver your advice. If I just hear advice (no matter how well it is said) it doesn't stick fully with me. You have just the right way of combining what you say with showing notes, quotes etc. Makes it way easier and more effective for me to follow and really take it all in. Thanks for your awesome work!
@Bookfox
Күн бұрын
I appreciate those kind words! Happy to help you along the writing journey.
@AdamWilliams-up2dx
Күн бұрын
Just quickly, Dostoevsky was sent to a work camp under the Tzar, not under the Soviets as the video suggests.
@Joerideabike
Күн бұрын
Hey , thanks. Now, instead of dispair, I think I’m doing pretty good. I’m 3 yrs and 300k words into my story. In the second year I discovered I was writing a science fiction. Lady Luck showed me last week how the alien connection actually is crucial to the Main Character . This week I’m taking the week off. So happy am I. This author shit works. Yeah, I will be dumping a lot of words, don’t worry. And it’s based on a true person, no kidding. Curious? Ok. An alien kid decides to come to Earth for his science fair project. He doesn’t know his councilor is using him as a probe.
@VinnyTheory
Күн бұрын
Gonna go rewatch this one on the tv with a coffee and take notes. Any chance you could do one on Haruki Murakami? Even if it’s less researched? (I know you went ALL in on this one so)
@VinnyTheory
Күн бұрын
Ya know what, as a fellow KZitemr, I bet if you did this type of video as your channels niche (studying great authors quotes/teachings and organizing all of it) then each individual would blow up along with your channel. On that note, I’m going to subscribe
@Bookfox
Күн бұрын
Yes, it took such an enormous amount of research! I love Murakami and have read everything of his, so it would be fun ...
@lecomingbegend497
5 сағат бұрын
@@Bookfox I'm subbing in the hopes that you do this niche (research and broadcast famous authors). You can be our writing sensei
@campbellpaul
2 күн бұрын
I've read before that romance should be avoided in murder mysteries, as a serious relationship will detract from the plot... I don't think anyone writes them anymore, though.
@Bookfox
2 күн бұрын
Hmmm, I wouldn't say you should ever avoid romance. It's always a draw no matter what genre you're writing.
@campbellpaul
2 күн бұрын
@@Bookfox I believe it was said for the killer only, however. I do agree with you that a relationship adds to the draw in any work of fiction.
@Bookfox
Күн бұрын
Oh, that makes sense to avoid it for the killer, if your goal is that the killer shouldn't be too sympathetic.
@Melleanah
2 күн бұрын
So, I’ve read a lot about writing and it’s funny how some advice has told me to never base characters off real people and others like Hemingway said otherwise. I guess whatever advice hits home for me is all I can ask for.
@thatfamily2917
2 күн бұрын
Maybe a mix? Never admit you based a character off of someone else, and maybe you can make the character unique by adding or subtracting features and details. But mostly never admit it. The world has been wondering who Ron Weasley is ever since JK Rowling admitted that Hermione Granger is basically the best, successful version of herself.
@Melleanah
Күн бұрын
@@thatfamily2917 I was mostly referring to how there can be conflicting information about writing. For myself, I’ve found diving into human psychology has helped me understand the human condition a little better and making sure personality traits and behaviors correlate with each other, but I don’t see anything wrong with using real life people as long as they know I’ve used them as inspiration. This also could backfire if it’s a person you don’t like. So, discretion is advised.
@thatfamily2917
Күн бұрын
@@Melleanah right? I have a friend who based her villain on a chick she hates. Thing is, the chick in question is a queen bee and may actually buy the book when it comes out just to take the moral high ground. If she figures out the villain's inspiration she's gonna be ticked.
@Melleanah
Күн бұрын
@@thatfamily2917 I remember reading a bird by bird by Ann Lamott, and she like Hemingway, uses real life people as inspiration. But her advice was to change the persons physical descriptions, name, ethnicity, nationality enough for them to be unrecognizable. I believe this is generally good advice-but some people have such good intuitions that it might not even matter. So it depends on if she can pick up on these signs within the book or not.
@mattfarr137
2 күн бұрын
Is this a re upload?
@Bookfox
2 күн бұрын
Yes -- the last version got taken down because I had a clip of a bullfight in it.
@campbellpaul
2 күн бұрын
@@Bookfox that's crazy
@CNBlaze-qj7fg
2 күн бұрын
@@Bookfoxso glad you got it back up!
@mattfarr137
2 күн бұрын
@@Bookfox I’m glad. I had only been through a few minutes and then had to stop and when I went back to finish it, it was gone 😂
@raydhaliwal3576
Күн бұрын
@@mattfarr137 Same here. I was thoroughly annoyed with KZitem.
@Joerideabike
Күн бұрын
Wow, it only took you 30 seconds to get to the guts of your talk. Some videos take minutes to get to their first point. Thanks.
@Bookfox
Күн бұрын
Yeah, I hate people who purposefully delay. I got so much to say, might as well get to it!
@ramonarobot
Күн бұрын
James Patterson says you NEED an outline as a writer. And now Hemingway is critical of writers with outlines. Everything is wrong 🥲
@nevermindkey
Күн бұрын
not wrong, just different. do whatever works best for you! every writer has their own process.
@Bookfox
Күн бұрын
You're gonna hear a ton of contradictory advice. Just figure out what works for you.
@stevensandersauthor
15 сағат бұрын
Excellent. Thank you!
@BillPeschel
11 сағат бұрын
If you want to dive deeper into Hemingway's work, let me recommend "Reading Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises" by H.R. Stoneback. It is part of a series in which his novels and short stories are discussed in depth. I reread "Sun" with the book in hand. I'd read a chapter of the novel, then Stoneback's chapter discussing it. He points out in depth the background behind the characters and their actions (for example, Jake's long walk through Paris parallels a Catholic pilgrim's walk through the city, point for point). The books are expensive, so I used my library's interlibrary loan to get a copy for free.
@Bookfox
10 сағат бұрын
Thanks for the recommendation!
@PanicPixie
11 сағат бұрын
47 times! Thank you for this.
@Bookfox
10 сағат бұрын
I know, right?
@andyontheinternet5777
Күн бұрын
Some of this is good advice, but I've never liked Hemingway.
@owengrubbs4050
Күн бұрын
Most of EH's advice is bs. Good writing is about voice. He had a good voice.
@thelionandthebee1933
6 сағат бұрын
Thank you!
@ThomasMcNally-jo5eo
Күн бұрын
Superb video. I'm curious, did he really say "write drunk, edit sober"?
@Bookfox
10 сағат бұрын
I think that's an urban legend. Still, it's an interesting quote!
@PhoenixCrown
Күн бұрын
Wow! So much good content packed into such a simple video. Hemmingway would be proud ;)
@Bookfox
10 сағат бұрын
I aim to make Big Papa happy!
@Testtesttest777
12 сағат бұрын
Thank you this was fantastic 🎉
@Bookfox
10 сағат бұрын
You're very welcome!
@ManUnhappy
14 сағат бұрын
Not sure using his four failed marriages as a measure of his passion and his status as a lover is a positive thing.
@Bookfox
10 сағат бұрын
Ha. Well, that's true. But he was a very carnal man.
@ManUnhappy
9 сағат бұрын
@@Bookfox that may be the single best word for him. Lol
@EmilyPaperNano
Күн бұрын
Hi Bookfox, Thanks for the video! I have a ‘How to Write like Hemingway’ book that I still haven’t gotten to but now I feel like I don’t need to read it! 😂 I have a question about the importance of reading widely for an aspiring novelist. Is there an email we can send those kinds of questions to? Also my husband was a student of yours at Biola and pointed me to your channel!
@Bookfox
Күн бұрын
Oh, you married Scotty! Cool, gotta thank him for me for sending you to my channel. :) I think reading widely is super important for an aspiring novelists. But it's also important to read the type of books you want to write. Is that what you mean?
@EmilyPaperNano
Күн бұрын
@@Bookfox yes-well to give a little background, I applied for a Master’s in Creative Writing and made it to the final round of the interview process, but I did not get in; their biggest piece of advice to me was to read more novels so I can start to adopt the mannerisms and styles of authors I like. I’m the type of person that has a hard time embarking on an assignment without knowing how it’s going to get me to a goal. And it just seems like if I read a novel here, a novel there, I may just flounder around not really getting closer to my ultimate goal of writing compelling fiction that others want to read.
@EmilyPaperNano
Күн бұрын
So I guess my question is: How do I get the most out of my reading if my intention is to write a novel one day?
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