Tap into the "Hemingway effect" to finish what you start bigthinkmedia.substack.com 27 points by diwank a day ago
adlpz a day ago Interesting article. I've also noticed the effect, just never seen it expressed and contextualized.Not that it really needs any historical context and narrative flair to be useful:Leave in-progress things at an interesting/engaging point so it's easier to continue later.And the article pointed me to https://www.mirjamdonath.com/the-hemingway-challenge/ which lists 50 books-to-read (or 49 really) based on a bunch of Hemingway's quotes.May do the challenge myself. treetalker 16 hours ago Góngora is some of the most ornate / overly florid poetry I've read in any language. Read him in Spanish if you can.
treetalker 16 hours ago Góngora is some of the most ornate / overly florid poetry I've read in any language. Read him in Spanish if you can.
entropicdrifter 13 hours ago I feel that this title can be easily misinterpreted as advocating for suicide.:-/
Interesting article. I've also noticed the effect, just never seen it expressed and contextualized.
Not that it really needs any historical context and narrative flair to be useful:
Leave in-progress things at an interesting/engaging point so it's easier to continue later.
And the article pointed me to https://www.mirjamdonath.com/the-hemingway-challenge/ which lists 50 books-to-read (or 49 really) based on a bunch of Hemingway's quotes.
May do the challenge myself.
Góngora is some of the most ornate / overly florid poetry I've read in any language. Read him in Spanish if you can.
I feel that this title can be easily misinterpreted as advocating for suicide.
:-/