A new app aims to help you write like Ernest Hemingway. Author Ernest Hemingway poses for a portrait while on a big game hunt in September 1952 in Kenya. Earl Theisen/Getty Images Feb. 14, 2014 -- The ...

“Most technical writing is awful,” says Adam Long, who works in marketing. “Ever read the full manual for a new gadget, or even for your car? Me neither–they’re verbose, confusing, and use jargon the ...

When it comes to editing, few writers are evoked as much as Ernest Hemingway. The author’s spare and economical style is often seen as the gold standard for prose. Now, the patron saint of clarity in ...

Hemingway is a simple web app designed to help writers write simpler copy. You can't save documents, share them, organize them or comment on them. You just paste in your text, follow its advice, and ...

Windows/Mac: Hemingway was originally a clever little web that highlighted common writing errors to help you edit. Then, it came to desktop. Now, it’s getting a free update that adds in a new ...

Love him or hate him, Ernest Hemingway was undeniably a major force in 20th-century American literature, popularizing a spare, direct mode of writing that contrasted sharply with the perceived ...

The air was clear. Our prose was not. We remembered what Scott had told us about a clean, well-designed place called Future of Storytelling. Scott said we could learn from it. He was right and it was ...

Digital evangelists are fond of telling us that antiquated activities like savoring a good book need to get with the times. "Reading is inherently time-consuming," say the people at Spritz, who have ...

The economical, understated writing style of Ernest Hemingway is renowned within the literature world. Now, there’s a Windows and Mac app to help you nail the American author’s approach. Simply called ...

While recovering from surgery, I read through a pile of articles and blog posts, including “Study Examines Cost Savings Through ‘Machine Scoring’ of Tests ” (Marketplace K-12 blog, Feb. 14, 2014).