海明威刚开始写作时,时常遭遇退稿,这使他很郁闷。有一次,他自认写得很不错的一篇文章,没想到投出去几天后,迎接他的依然是退稿的命运。于是,他手握退稿信来到报社,找到退他稿件的编辑,询问为什么退稿?编辑叹了口气,无奈地摊开双手说:“太长了,太啰嗦了。对不起,我实在没耐心看完您写的东西。”海明威听了,低下头想了想,重重地点点头,表 When Hemingway first started writing, he often got rejected, which made him very depressed. Once, he considered writing a very good article, did not expect to cast a few days later, to meet him is still the fate of rejection. So he took the rejection letter and went to the newspaper office to find the editor who retreated his manuscript and asked why the manuscript had been rejected. The editor sighed and reluctantly spread his hands to say: “Too long, too long-winded. I’m sorry, I really Did not have the patience to read what you wrote. ”Hemingway listened, lowered his head thought, nodded heavily, the table