SE Hinton slips in a foreshadow in a seemingly irrelevant part of the story, but this foreshadow turns out to be really important. It may affect the characters or drive the story plot.
This technique is so genius because the reader would most likely overlook this foreshadow at first. However, when the event the foreshadow is hinting at occurs, the reader will then be reminded of this foreshadow and notice how relevant it was.
Ways to borrow SE Hinton’s technique of developing hidden foreshadows:
This technique is so genius because the reader would most likely overlook this foreshadow at first. However, when the event the foreshadow is hinting at occurs, the reader will then be reminded of this foreshadow and notice how relevant it was.
Ways to borrow SE Hinton’s technique of developing hidden foreshadows:
- Make sure you follow through with ALL foreshadows.
- Don’t make the foreshadow too obvious. It shouldn’t stand out to the reader.
- Make sure your foreshadows don’t reveal the entire plot of the story. You still want your story to have some surprises.
- Only make foreshadows for important events. If there was a foreshadow for everything the book would just seem complicated, confusing, and not interesting.
- Don’t make the original foreshadow and the event too close together in the story. You want things to happen in between and there to be a bit of a time-lapse.