{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Writing Routines","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com","author_name":"Kevin Currie","author_url":"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/author\/kevin\/","title":"35 Great Writer's Thoughts on Brevity in Writing - Writing Routines","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7qiZ9XEeIy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/35-great-writers-thoughts-brevity-writing\/\">35 Great Writer&#8217;s Thoughts on Brevity in Writing<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/35-great-writers-thoughts-brevity-writing\/embed\/#?secret=7qiZ9XEeIy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;35 Great Writer&#8217;s Thoughts on Brevity in Writing&#8221; &#8212; Writing Routines\" data-secret=\"7qiZ9XEeIy\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/first-draft-is-shit-1-e1560358225818.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":400,"description":"The line from Ernest Hemingway \u2014 that \u201cThe first draft of anything is shit\u201d \u2014 wasn\u2019t hyperbole. And it wasn\u2019t advice to comfort his inferiors. There are some 47 alternative endings for Hemingway\u2019s A Farewell To Arms, written by his hand alone. Hemingway rewrote the first part of the book, by his own count, more [&hellip;]"}