3:09 / Symbols pt. 1 (Interpretive) / Enhancements D

What’s an easy and ingenuous way to elevate our writing to the next level?

This way works down into the words we place on the page. In character descriptions. Setting development. Plot dynamics. It’s like a secret language that most readers don’t know about even as their subconscious recognizes that secret language. In many respects, this is global, recognized everywhere. If no one spots it—which is always good—this secret gives us writers a satisfactory glow every time we touch it onto the page.

What is this easy and ingenuous way to elevate our writing? Symbols.

• 1:16 Symbols: Realm of the Interpretive
• 4:13 5 Clues to Interpretation
• 4:48 symbols in Toni Cade Bambera’s “Blues Ain’t No Mockinbird”
• 5:39 bird symbols in James Hurst’s “The Scarlet Ibis”
• 7:19 symbols and allusions unlock additional knowledge
• 8:46 :: 1, 2, & 3
• 10:38 :: 4, 5, & 6
• 16:53 :: 7, 8, & 9
• 21:52 :: 10 & 11
• 24:09 :: 12 & 13
• 26:27 Using Symbolic Numbers
• 28:08 Next Week
• 28:20 Inspiration / Honoré de Balzac

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