The Iceberg Principle

"It was a very simple story called "Out of Season" and I had omitted the real end of it which was that the old man hanged himself. This was omitted on my new theory that you could omit anything if you knew that you omitted and the omitted part would strengthen the story and make people feel something more than they understood."

-Ernest Hemingway

This is what I'm trying to make my basic approach to writing. I think it's boring to have somebody else do all the imagination work for me when I'm reading. I just need the writer to be the spotter while I do heavy lifting.

Application koan!

My readers are slightly smarter than I think they are.

If I can't omit something, my story is too long.

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Poaching is Bad

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250 words? Yes

Book "Lived Too Long To Die"

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