Tuesday 11 November 2008

Até tu, Hemingway?!

Navegando por aí, encontrei o coppyblog, um blog bacaninha que dá dica igualmente bacaninhas para nós... blogueiros.

Blogueiros por princípio compartilham. Então vamos lá. O segredo, não espalhem, é sermos acima de tudo simples. A Internet segue a sábia a cartilha do menos é mais. Ah, o zen já nos ensinava isso.

O coppyblog compartilha 5 dicas de Ernest Hemingway de como escrever bem.
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Ernest Hemingway’s Top 5 Tips forWriting Well
by Brian Clark


Editado, porque a dica nº 4 é aquela que cai aqui no good news como uma luva. Tradução em breve.

1. Use short sentences.
Hemingway was famous for a terse minimalist style of writing that dispensed with flowery adjectives and got straight to the point. In short, Hemingway wrote with simple genius.

2. Use short first paragraphs.

3. Use vigorous English.

4. Be positive, not negative.
Since Hemingway was not necessarily the cheeriest guy in the world, what does he mean by be positive? Basically, you should say what something is rather than what it isn’t.
By stating what something isn’t can be counterproductive since it is still directing the mind, albeit in the opposite way. If I told you that dental work is painless for example, you’ll still focus on the word “pain” in “painless.”
• Instead of saying “inexpensive,” say “economical,”
• Instead of saying “this procedure is painless,” say “there’s little discomfort” or “it’s relatively comfortable,”
• And instead of saying “this software is error-free” or “foolproof,” say “this software is consistent” or “stable.”

5. Never have only 4 rules.
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E como não poderia deixar de ser, salve nosso Guimarães Rosa, que nonada já dizia:

"A infelicidade é questão de prefixo."

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