Name of technique: Implying a feeling without directly stating it
Explanation of technique: Emphasizing a feeling by using symbols instead of directly stating it
What makes this moment so genius: Sometimes it is hard to symbolize something without directly stating it. SE Hinton uses symbols extremely well without making it confusing for the reader
How can we borrow SE Hinton's writerly technique:
Explanation of technique: Emphasizing a feeling by using symbols instead of directly stating it
What makes this moment so genius: Sometimes it is hard to symbolize something without directly stating it. SE Hinton uses symbols extremely well without making it confusing for the reader
How can we borrow SE Hinton's writerly technique:
- Think of a basic idea to write
- Revise it to make it simple
- Take out parts that give away what is happening
- Add hints but nothing that gives it away
- Use as many hints so the reader figures it out without having it be told to them