Name of SE Hinton’s Writerly Technique: Using Inspiring Adjectives to Symbolize Certain Objects
Explanation of technique: By explaining the character’s surroundings in creative detail, SE Hinton creates certain objects that become relevant to the plot.
What makes this technique so genius: By engulfing the reader with details, the reader doesn’t even realize that SE Hinton is integrating powerful writerly techniques such as symbolism. The author uses such amazing craft that the reader plows on, but only subconsciously realizing the symbolism.
Writers can borrow SE Hinton’s techniques when revising their own novels, by following these steps:
1) Read through your text to see how detailed you wrote
2) If needed, add more details
3) Decide what objects, people or phrases you want to symbolise and what its meaning is
4) Weave their objects and their meanings throughout the text as needed
Explanation of technique: By explaining the character’s surroundings in creative detail, SE Hinton creates certain objects that become relevant to the plot.
What makes this technique so genius: By engulfing the reader with details, the reader doesn’t even realize that SE Hinton is integrating powerful writerly techniques such as symbolism. The author uses such amazing craft that the reader plows on, but only subconsciously realizing the symbolism.
Writers can borrow SE Hinton’s techniques when revising their own novels, by following these steps:
1) Read through your text to see how detailed you wrote
2) If needed, add more details
3) Decide what objects, people or phrases you want to symbolise and what its meaning is
4) Weave their objects and their meanings throughout the text as needed