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,太罗嗦了。对不起,我实在没耐心看完您写的东西。” 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. As a result, he reached the newspaper with a rejection letter and found an editor who retreated from his manuscript asking why the manuscript had been rejected. Editor sighed, reluctantly spread his hands, said: “Too long, too wordy. I’m sorry, I really did not have the patience to read what you wrote.” "