The style sheet Hemingway appreciated

Hemingway told a reporter in 1940,"...the best rules I ever learned for business of writing." (about the style sheet of the Kansas City Star)

Few of those rules:

• Use short sentences.
• Use short first paragraphs.
• Eliminate every superfluous word
• Be careful of the word “also.”
• Be careful of the word “only.”

Hat tip: http://www.futilitycloset.com/2011/06/20/basic-training/

Hemingway's page at Kansas City Star: http://www.kansascity.com/hemingway/

Style Sheet: http://www.kansascity.com/static/pdfs/Hemingway_style_sheet.pdf

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