Ernest
Hemingway is THE legend – obviously. When I was teenager, I dreamed
that I would have exciting life as he had. I mean, living in Paris,
Cuba, writing all day long, meeting interesting people, drinking
coffee and mojito, what´s not to like, right? And being Pulitzer and
Nobel Prize winner doesn´t suck either.
And what
does MY life look like? I´m 27 years old, I live in the small town
in the middle of nowhere, I´m struggling to make a living as a
writer – I live from paycheck to paycheck and I don´t have money
for literally anything and I´m as far from Nobel Prize for
Literature as one can be. Great, I´m living the life of my dreams!
Well, not
really. But I´m sloooowly getting there. And I wouldn´t have it
any other way! As time went by, I realized that Hemingway´s life
wasn´t as idyllic as I´ve aways imagined (Especially the ending was
very sad). However we can´t deny that this man lived his life to the
fullest. And that´s what I would like to achieve as well. I don´t
want to have life like Hemingway. I want to LIVE life like Hemingway.
Enjoy every second of it.
When you are
trying to become a writer, it´s only natural that you look up to the
greatest writers of all time. But everything you see are amazing
careers and success stories. And it´s not what you can expect right
away. Don´t write for money. Don´t write for fame. Write just for
yourself. When you are writing just for yourself you can call it pure
passion. And if it is meant to be, success will follow.
And when you
want to write exactly like the great Hemingway himself? It can be
done! Did you know that there is app
that can make you write like Ernest Hemingway? Cool, right? :) How
does it work? Throw couple of sentences in the app and in a minute
you´ll see how Hemingway would have written it differently. If you
don´t believe me, try it for yourself (and have fun!).
