History really does surround you. You just have to slow down a tad and open your eyes.
It will help if you turn off the TV and go touring. I often write you can drive by a place 1,000 times and miss its significance. Last week, while aimlessly touring I revisited a place Robert Clark and I put in our second book, âSouth Carolina, A Timeless Journey, the Saluda Theater.â
The old art deco theaterâs beautiful, if a bit worn. It opened July 4, 1936 with Shirley Templeâs Susanna of the Mounties. Lash Larue, a whip-wielding cowboy performed there. The theater provided a set for the film, âAnd Justice For All,â starring Sidney Poitier and Burt Lancaster.
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Many tell me how difficult they find writing to be. Well, they speak the truth. Itâs difficult to write at a high level, and thatâs why while watching Ken Burnâs documentary on Ernest Hemingway, a comment jumped out at me: âHe had to break the cult of difficulty.â
The cult of difficulty refers to the writers in Hemingwayâs day who had made it, though Hemingway hadnât. James Joyce, William Faulkner, Gertrude Stein, and other authors of the day wrote complex, convoluted sentences that required considerable effort to comprehend.
Not Hemingway. He skipped college and went to work for the Kansas City Star where he pursued a simple style of writing. Hemingway would always remember the style sheet and its core admonition: âUse short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.â