Comments on: Interview with Mr. Larry W. Phillips, Editor of “Ernest Hemingway on Writing” http://performancing.com/interview_with_mr__larry_w__phillips__editor_of__ernest_hemingway_on_writing_/ Invest In Performance Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stan Szczesny http://performancing.com/interview_with_mr__larry_w__phillips__editor_of__ernest_hemingway_on_writing_/comment-page-1/#comment-38500 Stan Szczesny Tue, 24 May 2011 17:19:57 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=4162#comment-38500 I've read "Hemingway on Writing" several times and I love it. Thank you, Mr. Phillips, for putting those particular quotes together. I've done a few posts on the quotes over at my blog: stansgreatbooksblog.blogspot.com I’ve read “Hemingway on Writing” several times and I love it. Thank you, Mr. Phillips, for putting those particular quotes together. I’ve done a few posts on the quotes over at my blog:

stansgreatbooksblog.blogspot.com

]]> By: Ryan Caldwell http://performancing.com/interview_with_mr__larry_w__phillips__editor_of__ernest_hemingway_on_writing_/comment-page-1/#comment-29378 Ryan Caldwell Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:35:06 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=4162#comment-29378 self-pity -> wanting the girl who was with that other different guy oh, the poetry stopped when I got the girl. self-pity -> wanting the girl who was with that other different guy

oh, the poetry stopped when I got the girl.

]]> By: Ahmed Bilal http://performancing.com/interview_with_mr__larry_w__phillips__editor_of__ernest_hemingway_on_writing_/comment-page-1/#comment-29377 Ahmed Bilal Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:41:55 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=4162#comment-29377 I specialised in teenage angst...what's your story? I specialised in teenage angst…what’s your story?

]]> By: Ryan Caldwell http://performancing.com/interview_with_mr__larry_w__phillips__editor_of__ernest_hemingway_on_writing_/comment-page-1/#comment-29376 Ryan Caldwell Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:34:03 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=4162#comment-29376 So you wrote poetry too, Ahmed? We should publish a collection together;-0 So you wrote poetry too, Ahmed? We should publish a collection together;-0

]]> By: Ahmed Bilal http://performancing.com/interview_with_mr__larry_w__phillips__editor_of__ernest_hemingway_on_writing_/comment-page-1/#comment-29375 Ahmed Bilal Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:21:41 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=4162#comment-29375 <em>They should write to the level they want to get to and not feel like "failures" for not selling a million books or something like that. A lot of my writing just goes out to 5 or 6 friends. Maybe that's all you need to do. Maybe that's success.</em> Spot on - quality writing, creative writing, is not always a popularity contest, even though it's fun and good for your ego if thousands of people read your articles every day. I used to write a lot of poetry in college - never shared it with more than a few people, but I treasure that part of my writing history as being just as successful and good as anything I've written here on Performancing or on Soccerlens. They should write to the level they want to get to and not feel like “failures” for not selling a million books or something like that. A lot of my writing just goes out to 5 or 6 friends. Maybe that’s all you need to do. Maybe that’s success.

Spot on – quality writing, creative writing, is not always a popularity contest, even though it’s fun and good for your ego if thousands of people read your articles every day.

I used to write a lot of poetry in college – never shared it with more than a few people, but I treasure that part of my writing history as being just as successful and good as anything I’ve written here on Performancing or on Soccerlens.

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