![]() And feel the joy of expression and coming to terms with your own thoughts. See writing as a refuge for discovering what you think. ![]() Kerouac’s aim is to get what you feel down on paper. Writing prose is the hardest thing, as Ernest Hemingway told his only protege, so adherence to some kind of base is good. The essential part, as with all lists, is about discipline. ![]() The list, said to have been stuck to the wall of Allen Ginsberg’s hotel room in San Francisco’s North Beach in 1953, a year before he wrote his poem Howl, is about being true to yourself and perseverance. ![]() “One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”ĭo we understand everything on Jack Kerouac’s list on how to be a better writer? Maybe it’s best not to overthink the words, but go with their flow? The writer (March 12, 1922–October 21, 1969) left us his Belief and Technique for Modern Prose, a 30-point list to becoming a better writer and deeper thinker. ![]()
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