I like Hemingway, but often think he did not help writers or the art and craft of writing by perpetuating certain myths. For instance, the myth that you have to live it to write about it—whatever it might be. You don’t! As Stephen King points …
Read MoreA. E. Hotchner does wonders with Hemingway’s short story, “After the Storm.”
Basically, A. E. Hotchner takes almost nothing and creates something out of it. The question then becomes, Is it still Hemingway’s story? And the answer, to my mind at least is, well, . . . yes, technically. Maybe. Is that a clear enough answer? Nope! …
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