An aspiring writer once asked Ernest Hemingway, “How can a writer train himself?”
Hemingway shared an exercise for sharpening a writer's observational skills so they can vividly describe their experiences on paper. This exercise can be broken down into three-steps and gives us a fantastic way to practice “show, don’t tell” in our writing.
Here's the full text of Hemingway's article "Monologue to the Maestro".
The three steps are:
- Observe
- Practice Empathy
- Repeat
