Write the best you can

Today’s quote:

“I have tried simply to write the best I can; sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.” Ernest Hemingway.

I guess countless writers would like to write as well as Hemingway.  Many have tried, few have succeeded.

In any endeavour this is an excellent maxim on which to base one’s activities. Always strive to do your best,  sometimes you will surprise even yourself.

I guess one could also say that sometimes we get lucky and write really well. I would contend, however, that if we continue to strive to be better writers, and constantly and consistently persist at the craft, that we will improve. I know I have and my readers tell me so. My most demanding reader and critic is my wife; she tells me that I’ve improved out of sight in the last few years. That is encouraging, and it helps me to keep going – and keep improving.

Good writing.