Mastering 'The Understated Style'

 

Hemingway, born in Illinois in July of 1899, began as a journalist and first popularized the journalistic “understated style” in creative writing.  He often focused on sensations rather than ideas and wrote about what he “lived.”

A great observer of life, the human condition and nature, he wrote 9 bestselling books and 6 collections of short stories.  Many of his stories, such as Hills Like White Elephants and The Killers, have often been rated among the best in the English language. 

 Almost always to the point in what he wrote, he once famously said:  "The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."