As a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star, Hemingway was forced to adhere to a stylebook for young reporters, which included the following advice: "Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English, not forgetting to strive for smoothness." Hemingway later said these were the "best rules I ever learned for the business of writing." Today's Twitter community would agree.

Twitter users channel the Hemingway style each time they compose a tweet. The stark minimalist nature, the grade school-like grammar, the short, declarative sentences. These are all techniques that Hemingway employed in his own writing.

Would Hemingway tweet if he were alive today? If so, what would he write? One can only imagine.

"For sale: Baby clothes, never used."
 about 1 minute ago from Papa