{"id":10941,"date":"2007-11-28T01:20:27","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T22:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/11\/28\/blogging-as-it-used-to-be\/"},"modified":"2007-11-28T01:20:27","modified_gmt":"2007-11-27T22:20:27","slug":"blogging-as-it-used-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/11\/28\/blogging-as-it-used-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging as it used to be"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When she brought the tray and put it on the bed table I thanked her and ate a little of the supper. Afterward it was dark outside and I could see the beams of the search-lights moving in the sky. I watched for a while and then went to sleep. I slept heavily except once I woke sweating and scared and then went back to sleep trying to stay outside of my dream. I woke for good long before it was light and heard roosters crowing and stayed on awake until it began to light. I was tired and once it was really light I went back to sleep again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Can you guess the author?\u00c2\u00a0 Here is hint : these lines were written in 1929.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, you got it right.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s Ernest Hemingway, “A Farewell to Arms<\/a>“, last paragraph of Chapter 13.<\/p>\n

While reading the book, I caught myself a few times thinking that it feels a lot like a blog – first person story telling, simple sentences, a few “what I ate for breakfast” paragraphs.\u00c2\u00a0 But then again, somehow it feels better than a blog – connectivity, metaphors, a tiny hint of old times.<\/p>\n

They say that one can improve his own writing by reading great writers.\u00c2\u00a0 Having this book in mind, I do agree with that.\u00c2\u00a0 And, it seems, I’m not the only one thinking of what and how to learn from Hemingway for my blogging – Copyblogger<\/a> published Ernest Hemingway\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Top 5 Tips for Writing Well<\/a> some time ago.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

When she brought the tray and put it on the bed table I thanked her and ate a little of the supper. Afterward it was dark outside and I could see the beams of the search-lights moving in the sky. I watched for a while and then went to sleep. I slept heavily except once … Continue reading Blogging as it used to be<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,2294],"tags":[29,2416,1203],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-10941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-books","tag-blogging","tag-thoughts","tag-writing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t