The Hemingway Defense
In "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" Stephen King defined "The Hemingway Defense" as:
As a writer, I am a sensitive fellow, but I am also a man, and real men don’t give in to their sensitivities. Only sissy-men do that. Therefore I drink. How else can I face the existential horror of it all and continue to work?
Besides, come on, I can handle it. ( Read more... )
As a writer, I am a sensitive fellow, but I am also a man, and real men don’t give in to their sensitivities. Only sissy-men do that. Therefore I drink. How else can I face the existential horror of it all and continue to work?
Besides, come on, I can handle it. ( Read more... )
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