evidence: Hemingway’s Advice on Writing, Ambition, the Art of Revision, and His Reading List of Essential Books for Aspiring Writers By Maria Popova "As a writer you should not judge. You should understand," Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) counseled in his 1935 Esquire compendium of writing advice, addressed to an archetypal young correspondent but based on a real-life encounter that had taken place a year earlier. [...] Published January 4, 2016 — https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/01/04/with-hemingway-arnold-samuelson-writing/