Rob Biesenbach
Communications pro, actor, author
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Recent Posts
- How a Story Can Save Lives
- 5 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat
- 5 Lessons from The Great Gatsby School of Writing
- The Art of the Bad Apology (And a Lesson from Bill Clinton)
- To Be a Better Writer, Accept Edits with Grace (5 Steps)
- Sterling’s Gold: 7 Lessons for Success from Mad Men
- The Myth of Body Language
- I’m Not Angry
- 3 Quick Tips for Presenters and Public Speakers
- The Secret to Being a Better Editor (Plus 5 Essential Tips)
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My Other Stuff
Tweets
- What would Deep Space Homer say about a 3-D-printed pizza? Mmmmmm...piiiiizaaa wapo.st/12w165W @WashingtonPost 4 hours ago
- Grammar moment from the Grand Canyon. You don't get get "bit" -- you are "bitten." http://t.co/VDSaHNFJYd 14 hours ago
- Always weird seeing a TV commercial that's vaguely familiar and realizing you auditioned for it a few weeks ago. 14 hours ago
- McCain doesn't want to have to update his apps. Take THAT, progress! Everything should stay the same! bit.ly/YZx77u @PCMag 15 hours ago
- In marketing, "skinny" is the new "baby" bit.ly/14N6mE4 @adage Whatever happened to "lean?" 16 hours ago
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Tag Archives: Ernest Hemingway
Revisiting Hemingway for a Lesson in Show/Don’t Tell
When I went searching for Hemingway’s fabled Two-Hearted River in 1994, there was only one paved road in all of Luce County, Michigan. My poor little Honda bounced along rutted dirt at 15 mph, with huge pickups blazing past, their … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Show, Don't Tell, Storytelling, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Big Two-Hearted River, Ernest Hemingway, Fishing
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From Papa Hemingway to ’80s Pop: Get Specific in Your Writing
I remember reading The Sun Also Rises in high school and wondering why Hemingway insisted on taking readers on an intricate, turn-by-turn journey through the streets of Paris, literally naming every Rue and Place and Cafe along the way. (And … Continue reading
Posted in Show, Don't Tell, Storytelling, Writing
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, The Squeeze
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A Lesson From Hemingway on Writing
When you think about Hemingway’s writing style, certain things come to mind. Spartan prose, free of excess modifiers. Short, choppy sentences. A distinct masculine bent. For me, Hemingway is about honesty. One idea that has influenced my writing more than … Continue reading
