" ' Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know'" (Hemingway 12).
I read this passage while perusing the pages of A Movable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. I've never really thought about how I write a paper when first starting, but that seems to be a good idea. Most of our papers we do in school has to do with that one truth we are writing about. I mean, what is a thesis sentence anyways? It is a TRUE statement that you are attempting to prove in your paper. The only trick that the writer comes across, however, is what is true. After all, the world don't move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for you, may not be right for some (Different Strokes). Truth is truth only to the beholder. I may enjoy football, so my truth could be football is the greatest sport. A Futboller may disagree. If you can find that truth though, you have a granite keystone that you can build your paper around. It is that cement foundation that you can build a structure on. But all buildings need that foundation. Whether it be a thirty story glass marvel of engineering like Hemingway or Dostoyevsky, or the smaller, simple building like most authors, they all have that key foundation holding it up.
All great papers revolve around that one great truth. It's what most writers are searching for, to express. It doesn't always have to be a lesson, but you can find truth in anything you read. Hitler's Mein Kampf is an example of this. His views on superior races is solely his opinion. It is true for him. While, Mao's Little Red Book is all the way from the other side of the spectrum and proclaims what Mao sees as truth. No matter what truth I choose to pursue, it all begins with that one true statement. If it's a good enough method for Hemingway, then it's good enough for me.
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