Ernest Hemingway wrote the most gut-wrenching short story I’ve ever read.
“For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.”
Oof. Six words, but so much to unpack and so much that’s left unsaid.
This is a core philosophy of Hemingway's writing approach — the 'iceberg theory' of storytelling.
To condense the idea, it means Storytelling is more about the details you omit than the details you include.
I wrote more here: https://t.co/h1KBnDFtcu