Besides being a literary giant amongst us mere mortals, Earnest Hemingway’s advice is truly ageless and still holds as true today, as it did when Hemingway originally penned it.

I know now that there is no one thing that is true – it is all true.

His words still have relevancy, especially for the modern writing style (and life style).

Modern writers, or those who aspire to be modern writers could learn a lot from Hemingway.  One of his strong points, was his way of saying so much with so little.  When asked to tell a story in 6 words, those 6 short words managed to be both brilliant, heartbreaking, and poignant:

For sale: baby shoes, never used.

Really ponder that for a moment, especially when you consider how so many writers (and designers for that matter) are trying to cram so much information into every little thing they do.

The less is more approach can create more interest depending on the approach than a 650 word essay could.  Aside from being more user friendly, and far more palatable you aren’t trying to cram too much information into an unreasonable space.

A great example is the website monster Twitter which forces it’s users to communicate their thoughts and ideas in brief 140 word spurts.   Especially consider that the same user base is so used to being able to spout at will, and at whatever length they wanted.  Yet, it is a huge hit.

Why is Twitter such a hit?

It’s simple. It’s brief.  It’s to the point.

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