But the voice draws you in from the start, and the descriptions of, well, everything – from the scarlet berries on wild hollies to the chill of winter streams to the bite of straight whiskey – beckon you to a time few today would even know and yet which somehow feels achingly familiar. The language is sparse, at times reading more like notes rather than fully formed passages. To this day I still return to “A Christmas Memory” for inspiration. Fortunately, the relatively short novella was accompanied by three other stories, one of which opened my eyes to how a simple tale can leave a profound impression when sculpted by a writer at the top of his game. Imagine that! At any rate, at some point during my remedial studies I picked up a copy of Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which I devoured in one sitting. Apparently, my college engineering studies had cut short an otherwise promising literary foundation. Write the truest sentence that you know.” – Ernest HemingwayĪ few years ago, I undertook a private education of sorts, reading classics I had missed in my youth. “All you have to do is write one true sentence. Photo by Isakarakus via Pixabay Free License
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