We are all apprentices

Ran across something enlightening on YouTube entitled  Ernest Hemingway's Favorite Writing Exercise  and figured writers would find is as interesting as I found it. In 1934, Ernest Hemingway gave an aspiring writer an exercise to sharpen his observation skills to describe his observations on paper, to train himself to be a better writer. Broken into three steps to "show, don't tell" in writing a story: Closely observe a situation, then retell it in words. Search for what excited you about the action to avoid vagueness in writing. Pay attention to emotions and reactions of others in the situation and see the world though their eyes. Writers should not judge people but understand them. Repeat the first two steps. Practice. Practice. Practice. Observe and listen. The video includes a terrific Hemingway quote, "All good books are alike in that they are truer if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer." The video ends with another Hemingway quote, "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." The video elaborates on each step. Many examples come from my favorite Hemingway novel,  The Old Man and the Sea . While Hemingway's style is not to everyone's taste, we can learn from him. Link to the video entitled  Ernest Hemingway's Favorite Writing Exercise  – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjw08QKel8 Video Credit: www.nicolebianco.com That's all for now, www.ONeilDeNoux.com