The very short story "The Old Man at the Bridge" by Ernest Hemingway
One of the pleasures of reading Hemingway is the sense of power under the surface. There's always much unsaid, but you can feel it. Do you think that's true here? What is it?
Note the difference between being vague about something, vs. leaving it unstated yet letting its emotional power seep through every pore of the story.
Write
One of the pleasures of reading Hemingway is the sense of power under the surface. There's always much unsaid, but you can feel it. Do you think that's true here? What is it?
Note the difference between being vague about something, vs. leaving it unstated yet letting its emotional power seep through every pore of the story.
Write
2 Options for prompt:
1) Set the timer for fifteen minutes. Write a conversation in which something remains unsaid.
OR
2) Do the classic John Gardner exercise: Describe a lake as seen by a young man who has just committed murder. Do not mention the murder.
1) Set the timer for fifteen minutes. Write a conversation in which something remains unsaid.
OR
2) Do the classic John Gardner exercise: Describe a lake as seen by a young man who has just committed murder. Do not mention the murder.
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