lesbiaphrodite
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"If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enough, will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water."
Death in the Afternoon, Ernest Hemingway
I tend to live and die by the above stated principle of writing. I like to express reality and to write truly and clearly. But, I do not like to be too elaborate. I think prose writing is better if it's crisper and freer of extravagent overthinking. What are your views on the 'iceberg principle?'
Death in the Afternoon, Ernest Hemingway
I tend to live and die by the above stated principle of writing. I like to express reality and to write truly and clearly. But, I do not like to be too elaborate. I think prose writing is better if it's crisper and freer of extravagent overthinking. What are your views on the 'iceberg principle?'