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“The Prize”: A Tribute to Ernest Hemingway

Article Title: “The Prize”: A Tribute to Ernest Hemingway

Submitted by Craig Lock

Key Words: Ernest Hemingway, writing, Hemingway on writing, writing styles, Hemingway’s themes, writing themes

Web sites:http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html and http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://craigsblogs.wordpress

Other Articles are available at: http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/user/15565 and http://www.ideamarketers.com/library/profile.cfm?writerid=981 (Personal growth, self help, writing, internet marketing, spiritual, ‘spiritual writings’ (how ‘airey-fairey’), words of inspiration and money management, how boring now, craig

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“We share what we know, so that we all may grow” #

“THE PRIZE”: A TRIBUTE TO ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899 – 1961)

These are my notes (in point form) I took from an excellent documentary on the life of the great American writer; so am sharing. Enjoy…

Firstly, some thoughts on his unique style, which revolutionized literature.

Thoughts on Hemingway’s Style

“He wrote with an artist’s devotion and the reporter’s craft.”

He had a succinct, spare style with short sentences and rhythms. Put across the story very simply, focussed, make the story come alive.

He said: “Write the truest sentence you know.”

Hemingway was fiercely competitive in his writing, comsumed by his work – in a word, driven.

“When he wrote, it was a religious experience. He wrote with passion and commitment. I don’t really know that he enjoyed writing. He had very high standards. He writes like an ascetic monk at fasting… totally committed and concentrated”.

Hemingway’s favourite credo: “To endure one must last.” *

Hemingway’s Themes

* Courage (fearless)

Living with grace under pressure

He wrote stories of dramatic change: from fear to courage

Characters being transformed by challenge (of David and Goliath).

Hemingway’s novels were unparalleled. He never shied away from the BIG themes. “Whilst his style was minimal, his canvas was a LARGE one.”

Hemingway wrote with insight and discipline. He fought and worked hard. The long solitary years at the type-writer perfected his craft.

The “champ” getting up off the canvas was a reflection of his own life.

“The character seems to represent the virtues, and the resilience of the little people, the spirit of battling on, no matter what your circumstances are and ultimately finding your way.”

His classic, ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ was the pinnacle, the zenith of his writing (“man is more intelligent, though the fish was more noble”).

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Ernest had a burning ambition. “He had writing, like other people had religion.” His words on receiving the Nobel Literary prize in the early fifties: “Writing is a lonely life…but when a writer writes, he sheds his loneliness, he does his work himself… and must face his eternity… alone.”

Also he once said:

“There is no lonelier man when writing than a suicide.”

and

“Those who will not break, the world kills.”

On the death of his publisher friend (Scribener??) :

“I want to say, a dear and my closest friend. He had to die, but at least he got it over with. I’m too sad to write a good obituary.

“I make art through words – they are my tools, my materials…and I am the sculptor.”

- “a young Hemingway” (thanks hazle)

Hemingway made art through the expression of his powerful words… and he continually tested his writing limits, those of his imagination… then exceeded his previous boundaries.

Finally, Hemingway was a true master… and masters never “peter out”. He believed in endurance, one that will last, like the paintings of Rembrandt, for eternity, as all true great masterpieces do.

Hemingway’s favourite credo: “To endure one must last”… and the legacy of Hemingway endures.

Shared by craig (“information and inspiration Distributer”)… as he “slides down the razor-blade of life’*

* that’s a metaphor, by the way

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APPENDIX

HEMINGWAY’S WORKS

* IN OUR TIME (A book of short stories)

* THE SUN ALSO RISES (“a gripping story, lean”)

* TORRENTS OF SPRING

* LOST GENERATION (about life in Paris in the early twenties)

(“put very simply, focussed, make the story come alive”)

* GARDENS IN THE STREAM

* ISLANDS IN THE SUN

* FAREWELL TO ARMS

* DEATH (PASSAGE?) IN THE AFTERNOON

(about Spanish bull-fighting – matadors are heroes- grace in the face of death)

* SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (Hemingway’s most famous short stories)

* GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA

* FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (about the Spanish Civil War)

* ACROSS THE RIVER

* IN THE RIVER??

* THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

(“the epilogue of all my writing and what I have tried to live”)

‘Old Man’ was the pinnacle, the zenith of his life’s work.

How’s this for a great simile on Venice?: “The Adriatic sea standing grey and yellow, like a fairy-city”

* A MOVABLE FEAST (his last work)

(“damaged wings and love of light”)

“Writing is a lonely life…but when a writer writes, he sheds his loneliness, he does his work himself… and must face his eternity… alone.”

Ernest Hemingway

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“One writes to teach, to move or to delight.”

- Rodolphus Agricola

PPS

“I want to write the way Gilles Villeneuve drove his blood red Formula One Ferrari… with wild abandonment, yet also with the artists craft of an Ayrton Senna, both on the razor-blade of life.”

“Together, one mind, one soul at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, empower, encourage and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials.”

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“I want to write the way Gilles Villeneuve drove and power-slid his blood-red Formula One Ferrari… with wild enthusiasm and a sense of abandonment, combined with the artists craft of a Stirling Moss, a Jim Clark, and especially that of the great Ayrton Senna, living on the razor-blade edge of life.”

for dearest mom and dad, your spirits lives on (forever)

thanks for all the support, encouragement and especially love

craig

About the Submitter: Craig believes in (and loves) sharing information and insights to try to make some difference in this world: to help and especially encourage people along life’s magical journey to live their dreams and be all they can be… and that brings him the greatest joy. He truly believes in the great potential of people to be all they can be an become. Craig is currently “working” on ‘Endless Possibilities, Far and Great Horizons’ – true inspiring stories of the human condition in overcoming seemingly impossible odds.In his life mission Craig hopes to encourage, motivate and inspire people to be their best through realising their full potentials and live their very best lives. Craig believes in the great potential of every human being in the journey of life and loves to encourage people to share their individual (and guiding) spirits, so that they become all that they are CAPABLE of being

Craig is currently writing ‘The Prize’ and is posting extracts on http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 and thegrandprize.wordpress.com

The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at:http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html and http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://craigsblogs.wordpress

“The world’s smallest and most exclusive bookstore”

“Together, one mind, one soul at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, empower, enrich, encourage and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials.”

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Writing in the Zone

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WRITING IN THE ZONE

Tags: Writing, creative writing, writing in the zone

This happens when finding the right words is no longer a struggle. Words simply flow into your head faster than you can write them down (or press the keyboard). You read what you have just written and say: “Bloody hell. That’s good.  Did I really write that? Wonder where all that came from.”

- A “nony-moose” writer

 

 

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogPZ5CY9KoM

 

WRITING IN THE ZONE

 

This happens when finding the right words is no longer a struggle. Words simply flow into your head faster than you can write them down (or press the keyboard). You read what you have just written and say: “Bloody hell. That’s good.  Did I really write that? Wonder where all that came from.”

- A “nony-moose” writer

 

Writing in the zone

Writing in the Zone

This happens when finding the right words is not a struggle, but everything flows.

You read through what you have written and say to yourself , “Bloody Hell, that’s good. Did I really write that?

Iwonder where that came from/’
- any-moose writer”

500th rejection slip? Upload your masterpiece to Kindle

500th rejection slip? Upload your masterpiece to Kindle

By Nick Duerden

3:30 PM Saturday Nov 19, 2011

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Amanda Hocking’s books take between two and four weeks to write, and she sells them for between US99c and US$2.99. Photo / AP

From http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10767239

 

This week, an unknown American author called Amanda Hocking joins an elite literary club alongside just 11 others – including Stieg Larsson, James Patterson and Nora Roberts – by racking up her millionth Kindle sale. Unknown is of course a relative term in this case – no one can shift that many books by remaining anonymous – but Hocking is unusual because she has sold all her books on Kindle.

Entirely self-published, her first physical book doesn’t reach traditional bookshops until January.

A 27-year-old Star Wars fan from Minnesota, Hocking writes so-called “paranormal romances” for young adults, and is being hailed as the new Stephenie Meyer.

Since March last year, she has uploaded no fewer than 10 books on to Kindle, all of them about vampires and trolls and zombies, all playing out like sagas that mandatorily require multiple sequels. Why trolls?

“They kind of freaked me out at first,” she admits, “but I didn’t want to write about fairies. I don’t really like fairies.”

It was when she discovered, during her research, that they could sometimes be attractive, that she had her light-bulb moment. “They’re not so common, and I thought, no one else is doing this. Let’s go for it.”

Each book takes between two and four weeks to write, and she sells them for between US99c and US$2.99 ($1.29 and $3.90). In the past 18 months she has grossed about US$2 million.

“I’ve seen other authors doing the exact same thing as I have, similar genres and similar prices,” she told the New York Times, “and they’re selling reasonably well, but they’re not selling nearly as well as I am.”

Writing as a hobby since childhood, she completed her first novel at age 17 and sent it out to every agent and publisher in New York.

She received 50 rejections, and would receive many more over the next few years. Frequently toying with the idea of giving up writing altogether (“I was like, ‘this is horrible, I’m never going to be able to do it”‘), she instead took inspiration from an unlikely source: a YouTube clip of US pop-punk band Blink-182′s Mark Hoppus encouraging their legion of disaffected fans to make their dreams come true.

And so the young woman who has described her teenage years as “seriously depressed” did just that. She uploaded her first e-book, My Blood Approves – a 17-year-old girl falls for vampiric brothers; trouble ensues – last northern spring. Within a day, she had sold five books; by the end of the month, 36. Six months, and several sequels, later, that figure was at 100,000. She now sells on average 9000 books a day.

Hocking nevertheless decided to sign to a traditional publisher earlier this year.

Her deal with St Martin’s Press in the US (and Pan Macmillan in the UK) is worth US$2 million, and her first “proper” book, Switched: Book One in the Trylle Trilogy, arrives in the New Year. The film rights have already been snapped up by Hollywood, and this otherwise shy Minnesotan is now clearly driven by serious ambition.

“For me to be a billion-dollar author, I need to have people buying my books at Walmart.”

- INDEPENDENT

By Nick Duerden

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From http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10767239

 

 

What is Creative Writing (from Online Creative Writing Course)?

“I Want To Write a Book”

Title: “I Want To Write a Book”

Author: Craig Lock
Category (key words/tags): I want to Write a Book, Publishing, Self Publishing, Writing, Writing Books, Publishing, Book Publishing,  Writing Course, Creative Writing
Web Site: http://www.creativekiwis.com/getpublished.html

Other Writing Articles are available at:

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http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/user/15565 and
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(Personal growth, self help, writing, internet marketing, spiritual, ‘spiritual writings’ (how ‘airey-fairey’), words of inspiration and money management, how boring now, craig

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We hope that the following article, which is an extract from our online creative writing course may be informative and helpful to your e-zine readers, or on your web site. This article (as with all my articles) may be freely published, electronically or in print. If it helps others “out there” in any way, then we’re very happy.

“We share what we know, so that we all may grow.”
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I WANT TO WRITE A BOOK AND GET PUBLISHED
(extracted from Online Creative Writing Course)

This short extract is from my booklet ‘I Want to Write a Book and Be Published:All that I Know about Writing’ and was written for the “off-line” world of publishing many “moons” ago (well before the new age of immediate and easy online publishing). No matter! Although it’s a very brief look at this vast subject, I hope these pointers may be helpful to aspiring* or perhaps other “non-techno” authors, like ‘yours truly’.

* What’s the definition of an aspiring author?
A waiter!
*
Me write a book! What!!! A “pipedream” or possible?

A introductory words…

Writing a book may seem extremely daunting …and perhaps even impossible to you, as I felt when I started out writing (like flying to the moon); but if you believe you have some writing talent just DO IT. As with eating an elephant (“hephelump”), break it into “small chunks”. No only joking! Please treat all animals with great care. My point simply: The key is taking that FIRST STEP in writing that first sentence…then one just gets involved in your “work of art”,  as writing becomes a daily habit. One word simply flows into the next…then one chapter just leads on to the next one.

*

Nothing is impossible, but the hardest part is getting
an acceptance from a publisher. Hope these tips may
be helpful in submitting your manuscript (hardcopy)…

PRESENTATION OF YOUR “WORK OF ART”:

Not how YOU dress, but how you “dress up” your work.

Some points to help you:

* All text should be double spaced. (When I started writing I didn’t know what “double space” meant. “Dumbo”. Come a long way then, “Sonny boy”!)

* one side A4 at least 25mm margin on either side

* in black ink. Use a new ribbon. Must remember that one…when I can afford it.

* consistent styles regarding bibliographic references should be used

* don’t use pins or staples. Use a rubber band or a paper clip to avoid inflicting serious injury on the editor with a “dangerous weapon”

* on your final page write the words ‘copy ends’

* put in an approximate word count (I don’t do it “naughty, lazy boy”!). Send your manuscript together, so it arrives on the editor’s desk as one.
Don’t send in sections (after writing or checking). Bits and pieces are then more likely to be mislaid (sounds disgusting!).

And it happens quite often – misplaced (better word) by
publishers, I mean. If you do your work on a word processor using a computer disc (I do), also send the work on paper. That is the non-technical term for “software”. Not tissue paper please!

NB: Keep a COPY of everything.

All mail should have a return address. Always send a covering letter with your manuscript. Multiple submissions are OK, but always remember to withdraw an offer, if publication is accepted by another publisher. Write immediately to them.

I find multiple submissions save a lot in finding a publisher, as publishers are often extremely tardy in replying to unsolicitated* (big word) submissions.

* that’s not standing on unlit street corners at night looking for a publisher for your manuscript!

Finally, always try to give your work a ‘real professional’ look, as befits the effort put into your work of art.

Then PERSIST and

BE PATIENT (very)

NOTE: Thank goodness for the new electronic (digital) age of instant submissions to publishers these days through email and the amazing power of the www.

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If you don’t succeed at first, try different publishers and don’t be afraid of rejection.

Look at this….

The following are actual rejection notices received for these famous and incredibly successful books..

# “It is impossible to sell animal stories in the USA.”
The book: ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell

# “The girl doesn’t, it seems to me, have a special perception or feeling, which would lift that book above the ‘curiosity’ level.”

The book: ‘The Diary of Ann Frank’

# “It does not seem to us that you have been wholly succesful in working out an admittedly promising idea.”

The book: ‘Lord of the Flies’ by Wiliam Golding

# “For your own good, do not publish this book.”

The book: ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ by DH Lawrence

# “A long dull novel about an artist.”
The book: ‘Lust for Life’ by Irving Stone

THE CRYSTAL BALL CRACKED for those authors. Some hope for you and I then too!

So as the Nike ad says,

Just DO IT

Then hopefully one day I’ll see your name in print or on the www.

Eureka!

Good luck* and happy writing

Craig Lock (Eagle Productions Books)

“Eagles may fly high, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.”

* Wasn’t that once defined as where ‘preparedness meets opportunity’

As the ancient Chinese proverb said so wisely…
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with …
a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.”

“Do what you love, then you’ll never have to do a day’s work in your life.”

About the author:
Craig believes in (and loves) sharing information and insights to try to make some small difference in this world: to help and especially encourage people along life’s magical journey … and that brings him the greatest joy.

The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at: http://www.creativekiwis.com/books.html
www.lulu.com/craiglock + www.webng.com/writernz

Let us help you publish your book for an unbelievably low fee! Click on http://www.creativekiwis.com/getpublished.html

“What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
- Johann von Goethe

PPS

Enjoy some of my favourite quotes…

“You will do foolish things, but do them with
enthusiasm.”
- Colette

“He who cherises a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal
in his heart, will one day realize it.
Dream lofty dreams and as you dream so shall you become.”
- James Allen

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are
the children of your soul, the blueprints of your
ultimate accomplishments.”
- Napoleon Hill

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead
where there is no path and leave a trail.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I’d rather attempt something great and fail… than try something ordinary and succeed.”

- inspiring words from Norman Vincent Peale

“Together, one mind at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, empower, uplift, encourage … and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials.”

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Dreams

“Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow. “

- Langston Hughes